azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyana); long-tailed
that country; (arch.) nirvana
deception; cheating; trickery; fraud
boiling in (plain or lightly salted) water; boiled food
chat over tea; gossip; small talk
to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words
making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper
to require the care of others; to need to be looked after; to be troublesome; to be a nuisance; to be a handful
to become familiar (to one's ears)
unexpected result; upset; surprise
back off!; leave me alone!
esoteric Buddhist ritual in which incantations are chanted; magic
Bupleurum root; Radix Bupleuri
potentiality; dormancy; latency
Geisteswissenschaften (i.e. the humanities, excluding the arts); mental science
erasure; deletion; elimination (of variables); extinction
opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting
rule violation; rule infraction; infringement of the rules
to drive into the ground (e.g. car); to ride to death (e.g. horse)
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
middle of the road; centrism; the middle (of what one is doing); half-way; middle way; middle path
to nod off (while sitting); to doze off; (lit.) to row a boat
blur; (color) bleed; bleeding; running (e.g. of paint)
righting moment; restoring force; stability
anxiety (about the future)
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman
remaining silent; keeping secret
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
to reload (gun, web page, etc.)