Vocabulary

subjunctive past

car wax

birthday card

now that you say that; now that you mention it

threesome (sexual activity)

edible chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria); crown daisy; garland chrysanthemum

tteok (sweet Korean rice cake)

sweetie (sweet green-skinned citrus; cross between a grapefruit and a pomelo); oroblanco

stream of water cascading onto one's back (in an onsen); pelting water; waterfall shower

to lose one's means of livelihood; to become unable to earn a living

to have an underbite; to have a protruding chin

(person) with a turned-up chin

to have a protruding chin; to have a turned-up chin

to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs

to be saucy (of children); to be impudent; to be cheeky; to be sassy; to be precocious

to lift; to turn over; to fold over

variable light (e.g. with a dimmer)

dimmer; dimmer control

profile

absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another

Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)

swim bladder; air bladder

Japanese bigleaf magnolia bark (used in Chinese medicine)

river fish

adipose fin

soft ray (of a fin)

spiny ray (of a fin)

placoid scale

cycloid scale

ganoid scale

ctenoid scale

unreasonable; naughty

armor, helmet and shield (armour)

first year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)

fifth year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)

Metal Rooster (58th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1921, 1981, 2041)

foretelling; prophecy

generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality

American Indian

Church of Perfect Liberty (religious group founded in Japan in 1924)