half-moon; half a month; semicircle
cake wrapped in bamboo leaves
long ago; a long time ago; already
tufted toothpick; Edo-period toothbrush resembling a large toothpick burred at one end into a tuft
length of time which food products will keep; to keep a long time
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
to spit out; to eject; to dump
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
prescription; formulation; formula; recipe
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
medicine for external use; external medicine
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
different race; different ethnic group; different peoples
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
and; thereupon; because of that
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
feeling; sense; impression
to collect; to assemble; to gather
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
absence; disregard; indifference
clinic; medical office; infirmary
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in