offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
constant; invariable; chronic; everlasting
entirety; whole; balance (in Zen); equality
halo (optical phenomenon); glory
to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid
miraculous; wonder-working; magical
praise; worship; adoration; glorification
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
Aomori prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
to talk; to discuss; to debate; to negotiate
talkativeness; loquacity; polypetalous; multivalve
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
one flower; one wheel; (arch.) full moon
Le petit prince (by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry); The Little Prince
approximation; having a close resemblance
small hill; low hill; hillock
Yoshino cherry (Prunus yedoensis)
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
urban areas; the streets; town; city
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
sinus; cavity; antrum; neighborhood (administrative division in North Korea)
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
marimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila); round green algae; Cladophora ball; lake ball; moss ball
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
omniscience and omnipotence
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
predicament; one's ground; one's position
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
mwahahaha (evil laughter)