deworming medicine; anthelmintic
to cheer; to jeer; to mock
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)
variety of court dance (Nara period)
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
Tendai sect (of Buddhism)
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
prohibition; ban; embargo
Zen studies; Zen practice
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
certain person; certain amount
black spot; black dot; mark indicating a defeat; loss; failure
with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly
loving home; happy home; newlyweds' home
to open; to unfold; to spread out
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
relaxing; remitting; slackening
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
eight-sided shape; octagon
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
(artistic portrait of a) lion
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp