to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
(arch.) chinaberry; (arch.) Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); light purple outside, green inside; purple outside, light purple inside; type of garment layering color scheme, worn in April and May
snake; serpent; large snake
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)
Japanese four-lined ratsnake (Elaphe quadrivirgata); Japanese striped snake
Oriental odd-tooth snake (Dinodon orientale); Japanese odd-tooth snake
Japanese forest rat snake (Euprepiophis conspicillatus, Elaphe conspicillata); burrowing rat snake
Asian keelback (Amphiesma vibakari)
rosary; string of prayer beads
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
hinoki leaf; hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata); small ornamental false cypress (i.e. a variety of hinoki or a related species)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
material; substance; matter
health; healthy; sound; fit
chigger; jigger; harvest mite (any mite of family Trombiculidae)
bacterium; bacteria; germ
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
annual function; annual event
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
from season to season; season by season; of each season; in each season
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
(ceremony of) driving out evil spirits
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
(arch.) a weight; temple supervisor; town (of China)
Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th); Vesak