Hypselodoris festiva (species of sea slug)
Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); coixseed; tear grass; adlay
next-day arrival (e.g. overnight flight)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
even an eccentric head of family must be obeyed
good-natured; of good character
U-shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers
to tune in to a channel; to switch to a channel
machined edge; edge-stitched seam
right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)
brother complex; unnatural attachment to one's brother (esp. by his sister)
to two-time; to play it both ways; to sit on the fence
Oriental paper bush (Edgeworthia chrysantha); mitsumata
year of the Boar (e.g. 2007, 2019, 2031); year of the Pig
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
two grains; two drops; two bead
weekday; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
instrumental; instrumental music
tacking; basting (thread)
to get scarce; to run short
high-sugar tomato; tomato with reduced water content
cirrocumulus cloud; mackerel sky
to talk together; to chat together
living by oneself; living alone
Japanese sand lance (Ammodytes personatus); Pacific sandeel
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
it's the thought that counts