fruit eating; eating fruit
demotic (ancient Egyptian script)
a gathering of many beautiful women (talented people); simultaneous emergence of many talents and achievements; (lit.) hundred flowers blooming in profusion
to wash one's hair or body; to bathe in water; to receive (a favor, blessing, benefit)
blotched snakehead (Channa maculata)
score counter (for multiples of kan)
high relief; grand relief
paper lantern with bow-shaped handle
taking turns; working in shifts
whirlpool of political strife
yellowtail blue snapper (Paracaesio xanthura); yellowback fusilier
pressure of business; busy
porcupine (any mammal of suborder Hystricomorpha)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
virgin consecrated to a deity; shrine maiden; (spiritualistic) medium
female private parts; female genitals
gods of the land; earthly deities
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun
blue-green; malachite green; color of green bamboo
maximum eclipse; maximum obscuration
to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme
bell-shaped window (usu. in temples)
to threaten; to terrify; to frighten
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
(arch.) violent and angry; shining; glittering; sparkling
to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground); to prostrate oneself; to give a deep, reverent bow
brewery; distillery; winery
having consent (e.g. to do something); having (someone's) assent
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or temple
tissue paper; facial tissue; paper handkerchief
before anything else; first of all
the autumn sun sets as quickly as a bucket dropping into a well
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel