better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
hostess club; bar with female companions for male customers
slit; interstice; narrow aperture
to do something ridiculous; to do something bizarre; (lit.) to boil tea in one's navel
dividing a plant's roots for transplanting
to be able to see far into the distance; to have good long-distance vision
good for nothing (of large people); big but useless
weeding (prior to tree-planting)
Deadheading (aeronautics)
a born fool is never cured; (lit.) there is no medicine for fools
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
dirt mound; dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
one's own way of thinking; one's independent approach
small (fish) scale; small fish
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
snake (esp. Japanese rat snake)
matters (issues) that need be reconsidered (reflected on)
Japanese clethra; tree clethra; clethra barbinervis
to face the wrong way; to go in the wrong direction
slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen)
tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)
big and brawny; well built; gigantic
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
to hit a nerve; to get on one's nerves
abrupt turn; sudden change
marimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila); round green algae; Cladophora ball; lake ball; moss ball
loss of momentum or follow-through as a result of impact; getting knocked aside
stand-up paddle surfing; SUP; stand-up paddle boarding
to set (citizens) to work; to employ (by force); to use