shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
sizzling (of cooking meat, fat, etc.); chirring (of cicadas, etc.); shrilling; buzzing (of a machine, appliance, etc.); humming
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated; to be excited; to stand out; to contrast
basis for decision; evidence for judging
green (colour); green (energy, car, etc.); environmentally friendly; greenland; green space; green
direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt
euphemistic; circumlocutory; periphrastic; roundabout; indirect
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
secondhand smoke; sidestream smoke
one's home country; one's homeland
sharp (eyes, ears, etc.); keen; acute; sharp-witted; shrewd; clever
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
but; however; even though; even if
sacred scripture; sacred book; holy book; writings of a sage
one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable
profound; deep; unfathomable; esoteric
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion
stature; body height; one's means; one's status; one's ability
to force to do; to compel
mountain of swords; mountain in hell covered in swords (with their tips pointing upward)
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
Madadayo!(No, Not Yet!) (film)
intelligent; wise; bright; brilliant; clear-sighted
immorality; injustice; adultery; illicit relationship; murdering one's teacher or a government official (one of the eight unpardonable crimes)
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
to turn inside out; to evert
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely