Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
morning; forenoon; just before noon
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
strain; deformation; warp; harmful effects; strain; stress
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
warning color; warning colour
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
person who does this; person who is like this; yakuza; gangster; idiot; moron
starting from scratch; making a fresh start; redoing; calling again; visiting again
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense
the future; future prospects
to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements)
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
false charge; false accusation
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system); Brazil
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
kanji "crooked-leg" dai radical (radical 43)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
nashi (esp. Pyrus pyrifolia); Japanese pear; Asian pear
Michael Jackson (1958.8.29-2009.6.25; American singer and songwriter)
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
the same; the said; likewise
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
narrowness; being cramped; being almost full