knitting; knitted material; crochet
cheekbone; zygomatic bone; malar bone
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
pep-up; reassurance; pick-me-up; restorative; energizer
abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
six copies; Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
Muromachi period (1336-1573)
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
village; hamlet; settlement
large amount of money; great cost
capital; funds; seed money; asset
wee-wee; pee-pee; number one
cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession
ectogenesis; outside the body
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
great difference; big difference; wide margin
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
undifferentiated; unspecialized
water of life; life-giving water; distilled liquor (brandy, whisky, etc.); spirits; (arch.) semen
origin; source; beginning; starting point
material; substance; matter
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
ladle; tadpole; musical note
waxing and waning (of the Moon)
being somewhat excited (agitated)
Sleeping Beauty (ballet by Tchaikovsky)