person who is knowledgeable about Japan; Japanologist
Galerina fasciculata (poisonous mushroom)
to put on airs; to be pretentious; to window-dress; to pretend
copper oxide (i.e. cuprous oxide, cupric oxide)
private monopolization; private monopoly
steaming (of food) using a bamboo steamer
one's legal wife; legitimate wife
temporal art; art forms which unfold over time
running alone; running solo; having a large lead (over the others); being far ahead (of everyone else); having one's own way; ignoring others' opinions and acting as one wishes
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
standardization; manualization; compiling into a manual; formalization
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
painted kite; kite with a picture painted on it
spatial art; space art; plastic arts; formative arts
dark circles around the eyes; periorbital dark circles
unusual name; strange name; unconventional name
corpus cavernosum penis; cavernous body of penis
lush mountain; green mountain
having very little difference between one another; being much of a muchness; being more or less the same; pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties); pissing contest
voiced repetition mark in hiragana
classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "pu"; "pa" column or row of the kana syllabary