Réaumur temperature scale; degrees Réaumur
comfortable rest or sleep
to drop into, drop-by-drop
brown capuchin; tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)
the four Fujiwara families; Fujiwara clan
wow; kewl; awes; really?; are you kidding me?
beauty is only skin-deep; (lit.) one gets tired of a beauty in three days
anime freak; person overly interested in female anime and video game characters
body drop throw (sweeping the opponent's legs and throwing them forward)
three great nobles of the Restoration (Okubo Toshimichi, Saigo Takamori and Kido Takayoshi); three statesmen who played an important role during the Meiji Restoration
All Blacks (New Zealand national rugby union team)
making a web page hard to find through search engines; avoiding search engines
secluded station; unexplored station
letter of inquiry; letter of enquiry
something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; (lit.) a horse comes out from a gourd; something impossible; something ridiculous
theory of continental drift
acting arbitrarily; arbitrary action
Diamond Wisdom Sutra; Diamond Sutra
extra-curricular activities; special activities
avoiding to commit oneself; (being) noncommittal
hard on others but easy on oneself
breakwater; seawall; bulwark; mole; narrow stone structure for breaking incoming waves and loading goods on and off ships
transcript of results; report of results
to depend on somebody else's (financial) support (usu. one's parents')
Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum)
Empress Kouken; Kouken Tenno (718-770 CE, reigning: 749-758 CE)
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith