bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
unwelcome favor; unwelcome favour; misplaced kindness
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
person in his or her prime; man in his prime; woman in her prime
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to join (a group); to join companions
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to pick up; to find; to gather
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
every year; yearly; annually
mountain climbing; mountaineering
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
dawn; daybreak; beginning
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
picking; collecting; harvesting
Liliaceae (the lily family)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
neophilia; love of new or novel things; one who loves new or novel things
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
sensitiveness; sensitivity; delicacy (e.g. of feeling)
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
red hair; Westerner (esp., originally, the Dutch)
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
the West; the Occident; Western countries
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties