poor health; ill health; unhealthy
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
storage room; storeroom; closet; grayish blue
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
most difficult; next to impossible
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
first person to say something; first person to suggest something
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)
to leave a dish half-eaten
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such)
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
in its entirety; whole; wholly
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
clothes; female genitals; vagina; calf; last (on the list); (at the) bottom
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad