Puppis (constellation); the Poop Deck
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
simple and plain; staightforward
calling out to someone with love or good will; phone call to a loved one; fervent request; heartfelt appeal
ball of bean paste covered with a kudzu starch glaze
dripping with fresh blood
kanji "hair" radical at top
destroy a country, but its mountains and rivers remain; the land outlasts the king
falling plump; falling down flat
tirelessly; perseveringly; without letting up
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
strainer; colander; cocktail strainer
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
kinako mochi; mochi sprinkled with sweetened soy flour
whispering; whisper; secret talk; sweet talk; sweet nothings; lovers' talk
tonsil stone; tonsillolith
false reporting; fake news
asterism (pattern of stars which do not form a constellation)
lingchi; death by a thousand cuts; slow torture by slicing off parts of the body
to be shameless; to have a lot of nerve; to have nerves of steel; (lit.) to have hair on one's heart
whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)
cloud ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae); wood ear mushroom; Jew's ear mushroom
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
man-eating shark (esp. great white shark)
unrefined; tasteless; inelegant; prosaic; unpoetic; unromantic
similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain
statutory representative; legal representative
mausoleum; shrine; the (imperial) court