carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
time of setting (sun, moon, etc.)
speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; formation of frost
Wagyu beef; Japanese beef
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
kalbi; Korean-style marinated barbecued ribs
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
bell pepper; green pepper; pimiento; pimento; capsicum
good for eating; ripe enough for eating; in season
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
emotional strength; force of will
pineapple (Ananas comosus)
rich; wealthy; affluent; rich (flavour)
stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
to correct oneself; to restate
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway