collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)
televising; broadcasting; airing
generalization; generalisation; popularization; to generalize; to generalise; to popularize
interesting (personality, turn of phrase, etc.); pleasantly different; tasteful; attractive; charming
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
being a match for a thousand; being a mighty warrior (combatant, player)
ruler; monarch; sovereign
ingenuity; resourcefulness
strategist; tactician; schemer
Sichuan (province in China); Shu; Shu Han; Shu; kingdom in ancient China (-316 BCE)
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
mapo tofu (spicy Sichuan dish of tofu and minced meat)
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
to appease; to suppress; to calm
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
chirashi; chirashizushi; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top
konpeitō; small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
named after; associated with; connected with
great wisdom; excellent disposition; strength (to face something); willpower; vigor
Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
suitor (e.g. for a woman); wooer
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)