(navigable) canal; waterway
shin guards; shin pads; greaves; leggings
geisha; Japanese singing and dancing girl; dressed-up beautiful woman
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
narrow-waisted; red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa)
earth, water, fire, wind and void (the five elements)
viper (esp. a pitless viper)
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to shovel (into one's mouth)
my personal (e.g. opinion)
reticulated python (Python reticulatus)
dental caries; tooth decay
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
Japanese four-lined ratsnake (Elaphe quadrivirgata); Japanese striped snake
to blow a conch; to blow a trumpet shell; to blow the war horn
retirement from public office; going into opposition; losing power
formal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono
it's audible but invisible; I hear voices but I can't see anybody
paternal rights; father's right of control as head of the household
tanuki soup; raccoon-dog soup
piece of wood at front edge of entranceway floor; agarikamachi
totally naked; buck naked
muscles of the back; back muscles
one person; ordinary; common
part-time worker; part-timer
hooo-hokekyo (call of the Japanese bush warbler); chirp-chirp; tweet-tweet
sofa bed; sofa-bed; sofabed
the reverse; other side; lining
mobocracy; mob rule; ochlocracy
(mountain-)climbing boots
to dig up; to expose; to disclose
new members of society (esp. after turning 20 or joining a company); new working adults
open-air tea ceremony; aristocrat taking a break during a trip in a palanquin; something standing in the open
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge