the six internal organs (large intestine, small intestine, gallbladder, stomach, san jiao, urinary bladder)
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
Triple Intervention (diplomatic intervention by Russia, Germany and France over the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki)
Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
Liaodong Peninsula (China)
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
boohoo; boo hoo; sniff sniff; sob sob; waa waa
specimen prepared on a glass slide for use with a microscope
chemical symbol (e.g. H for hydrogen); element symbol
morning soap opera; morning television serial
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
stupid idiot; total moron
to fail to earn a credit; to fail to make the grade
stir-fry of pork liver and garlic chives
otaku; geek; nerd; enthusiast
hypnopaedia; hypnopedia; sleep-learning
nasal discharge; nasal mucus; snot; booger; bogey
genuine article; real thing; real deal
weight stone (placed on pickles)
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
green tea; green leaf tea; non-powdered tea (as opposed to matcha); medium-grade green tea
hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
desirable prey; easy game; easy mark; easy prey; easy target
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to get high (on drugs); to trip; to slur one's words (as a result of taking sleeping pills, etc.); to lose one's wits (due to lack of sleep, etc.); to space out
meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out
work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death; workers' compensation insurance
scriptwriter; screenwriter
to alter one's state of consciousness; to change one's mindset; to change one's attitude