reticulated python (Python reticulatus)
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
eyes and nose; looks; facial features; shape; form
traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; livery coat
preparation; arrangements
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to be injured; to sustain a wound
immediately; at once; instantly
to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
overheating; overexcitement
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
a sight for sore eyes; seeing something beautiful or precious
to blow a conch; to blow a trumpet shell; to blow the war horn
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
formal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
zero degrees (Celsius); freezing point; zero (on a scale)
north wind; northerly wind
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)