two years before last (year); three years back (ago)
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
pirarucu (Arapaima gigas); arapaima; paiche
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
very unskillful; extremely awkward
gasping; breathing heavily
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
bonshō; Buddhist temple bell
(so miserable that it is) painful to look at; painful to watch
nevertheless; even then; however; be that as it may; even so; though that it be so
sturdy spirit; bold; daring; brave; valiant; undaunted
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
collapse; collapsing; death; bad debt
exhaust gas; exhaust fumes
gas burner; blowtorch; Bunsen burner
sudden outbreak; accidental; incidental
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
cable railway; funicular (railway); cable car
Shingon sect (of Buddhism)
first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all
vertical shaking (of an earthquake); pitching (of a boat, aircraft, etc.)
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
eared seal (esp. the California sea lion, Zalophus californianus); sea lion
temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)
pressure from an explosion; blast pressure; shock wave
tropical forest; tropical rainforest