what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
ominous; ill-omened; inauspicious; unlucky; sinister
exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
study; learning; tutorial
trailing; chasing after; imitation; copy
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
sphere; counter for balls
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
bell pepper; green pepper; pimiento; pimento; capsicum
common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); kidney bean; navy bean; wax bean; green bean; string bean
peanut (Arachis hypogaea); groundnut
literature; books (reference); document
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic