asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
genuine; authentic; true; real
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
to speak ill of; to disparage
harmful insect; noxious insect; pest; vermin
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
pasturing (e.g. cattle); letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
does not; can not; will not
cease-fire; truce; armistice
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
temporary; transitory; short-lived
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
laboratory animal; experimental animal
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
to defy conventional wisdom