coriander (Coriandrum sativum); cilantro; dhania; Chinese parsley
sata andagi; Okinawan sweet deep-fried bun similar to a doughnut
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
distance in a straight line
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
to discuss; to talk together
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
half tatami mat; heckling; jeering; interrupting
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
Matsuo Bashou (1644-1694)
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
left side; left-hand side
Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae