reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
in name only; titular; nominal
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
taking in; bringing in; capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; confusion; bustle
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
electronic device; electronic equipment; electronics
storage medium; recording medium
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
component; part; material; member
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
composite; combined; complex
armoring; armouring; armor; armour
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
grand ceremony; state ceremony; important law; legal canon