to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
gomasio; gomashio; roasted sesame seed and salt mixture; salt-and-pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
sycophant; apple-polisher; flatterer; sesame seed grinding
gomasio; gomashio; roasted sesame seed and salt mixture; salt-and-pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
to butter up; to try to get on the good side of
dish dressed with sesame sauce
dish dressed with sesame sauce
paste of miso, ground toasted sesame seeds, mirin, etc.
paste of miso, ground toasted sesame seeds, mirin, etc.
thief posing as fellow traveller (traveler)
castor oil plant (Ricinus communis); castor oil bean
black speckles; small black spots (like sprinkled sesame)
blue mackerel (Scomber australasicus)
speckled butterflyfish (Chaetodon citrinellus, species of the Indo-Pacific); citron butterflyfish
titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens); giant triggerfish; moustache triggerfish
mangrove jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus); mangrove red snapper
newly harvested sesame seeds
Siebold's arrowwood (Viburnum sieboldii)