sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
indicate reason; infers some protest
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection
prize winner; pennant winner; victor
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
writing (e.g. as a profession)
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
this and that; such and such
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
blank space; margin; blank canvas
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
interior; inside; internal
schematic; schema; illustration; explanatory diagram
internal organs; intestines; viscera
turmeric (Curcuma domestica)
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
heaven's punishment; divine punishment; well-deserved punishment; just punishment
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
short circuit; short; illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions
thought; consideration; thinking
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
potbellied sumo wrestler; wrestler with a big belly; goosefish (any fish of family Lophiidae); monkfish; sea devil
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round