autumn festival; fall festival
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
cake made from pounded horse chestnuts and mochi rice
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh; suddenly blushing; in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
Sri-mahadevi (consort of Vaishravana)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
stomach ache; abdominal pain
tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
fern (esp. species Gleichenia japonica); fernery
volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)
crucian carp (Carassius spp.)
mountain-dwelling turtledove (often oriental turtle dove)
hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
(horse-drawn) cart; wagon; dray
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
bulging (esp. of male genitals under clothing)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)