nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
fine thread; fine yarn; filament
being covered with water (i.e. in a flood); being submerged; being inundated; flooding
mark; sign; (arch.) plain wood showing the seating order of officials at court; (arch.) nameplate
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
to lure someone; to entice someone
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
irony; rhetorical question
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
phrase; clause; basic linguistic unit in Japanese grammar
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
private power generation; masturbation
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
monstrously ugly; hideous; ugly and bizarre
to lift; to turn over; to fold over
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
sharp parting remark; parting threat
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
death from explosion; death from bombing; bombing (in sales); flopping
flood; freshet; inundation
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
imperial envoy; imperial messenger
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
separation; farewell; parting
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about