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
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
whispering; whisper; secret talk; sweet talk; sweet nothings; lovers' talk
tonsil stone; tonsillolith
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
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
last but not least; finally
sixteenth note; semiquaver
Ministry of Tourism (Brazil, India, New Zealand, etc.); Department of Tourism (South Africa, Philippines, etc.)
poor taste (in food); unsophisticated palate
honours; honors; ceremony; exercises
in being immobile be like a mountain (from Sun Tzu); being imperturbable; immobile like a mountain (from laziness, etc.)
communication path; communication channel
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy