prefectural expense; prefectural funding
coordinated intervention; joint intervention
to have secret communication with; to have a tacit understanding with
luminous body (e.g. of a shooting star); bright metal; sliced fish with the silver skin left on (iwashi, aji, sayori, sanma, kohada, etc.); 20-point card; bright
financial instability; financial uncertainty; financial turmoil; financial unrest; financial jitters
quick bath; quick shower; quick dip (e.g. in the sea)
Garbhadhatu; Womb Realm; Matrix Realm; Garbhadhatu Mandala; Womb Realm Mandala; Matrix Realm Mandala
ice cream with milk-solids content of 3% or greater
room for growth; potential; promise
tactic of avoiding hitting the ball (e.g. to tire out the pitcher); waiting; holding back; refraining
Hozoin-ryu (school of sojutsu)
Vajradhatu; Diamond Realm; Vajradathu Mandala; Diamond Realm Mandala
maneuver to draw a sword from its scabbard and cut immediately
Houjou Masako (1157-1225)
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
seal-engraving style (of writing Chinese characters); seal script
expensive money; dear money; high interest
Bourbon Dynasty (France, Spain, etc.)
micro miniskirt; micro skirt; micromini
horizontal plane; level surface
local dialect; vernacular; provincialism
unthought of; unexpected; unseasonal; unscheduled
seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon)
style of classical Japanese swordsmanship involving use of two swords
large-scale speculative go-around
Ragaraja (esoteric school deity of love)
denominational doctrine; doctrine of a sect
original seller; sales agency
Momoyama period (latter half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1583-1600)