Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
traditional; conventional
thrusting (a spear, etc.)
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
type A (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
ahegao; exaggerated facial expression (esp. of females) during sex, usu. with crossed or rolled eyes and a protruding tongue
type B (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
to pluck; to pick; to tear
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
a matter for the police; a brush with the law
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
young lancefish; young sand lance