immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); crane
elm bark clothes traditionally worn by the Ainu; elm bark textile
meerkat (Suricata suricatta); suricate
contrived; false-sounding
demand note; dunning letter (note)
tea container (usually for thick tea used at the tea ceremony)
to feel depressed; to be down
baumkuchen; spit cake with cross-section resembling tree rings
pizzeria; pizza parlor (parlour); pizza place
dull; slow; stupid; dull-brained
(adding) fuel to the fire
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
burnable garbage; burnable waste
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop
book of pictures (paintings, drawings, etc.); collection of pictures
out of the question; unthinkable; impossible
to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to misunderstand; to misapprehend
to be born; to come into the world
ring; band; ring; circum-
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
putting life into; animating; cheering up
un-; non-; negative prefix
to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
ahead; before; the future
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign