Okinawan dish of grated carrot stir-fried with egg and sometimes meat or fish
lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)
beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae)
flat lemon (Citrus depressa); Hirami lemon; thin-skinned flat lemon; shekwasha; Taiwan tangerine
Okinawan language; Okinawan dialect
longevity celebration; old age anniversary
wild camellia (Camellia japonica); common camellia
Ixeris dentata (species of the daisy family)
double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)
to jerk off; to masturbate
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
counter for songs and poems
Bon Festival of the lunar calendar
Okinawan-style stewed pork spare ribs
person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance); person singing ballads (in noh); coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore; (arch.) the country; (arch.) countryside
place of worship (in Okinawa)
chanpuru; champuru; Okinawan stir-fry dish, usually containing vegetables (especially bitter melon), tofu, meat or fish
Okinawan dish of pig ears
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
eisa (Okinawan folk dance that marks the end of the Bon festival)
bitter melon stir-fried with pork, tofu and other vegetables
"dancing" with hands and arms from a seated position; dancing empty-handed
medical office; (out-patient) clinic
low-spec; having nothing to compete with (on the dating scene); having nothing going for one; being a lost cause
Okinawan-style stewed pork cubes; boned pork rib meat, cut into 5 cm squares, stewed in awamori, soy, dashi broth, and sugar
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
glorious reign; enlightened era
krill; euphasiid (any species in the family Euphausiacea)
placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt