in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
japonica; common camellia (Camellia japonica)
Yangtze River; Changjiang River
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
plant opal (opal phytolith)
(water-filled) paddy field
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to understand; to make out
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
kimchi; kimchee; spicy Korean pickled cabbage; Korea; Korean
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
foot-operated bellows; foot bellows
film released direct-to-video
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)