Vocabulary

tiger's howling

final color (e.g. in auto paint shop)

sanitary waste receptacle; sanitary napkin disposal bin (in a bathroom); fecal specimen receptacle (at a hospital)

social dance; social dancing

traditional sake yeast mash starter; oldest surviving traditional style of sake making

mashing of steamed rice, mold and water with wooden poles in traditional sake making

sake brewing using natural yeast and no mashing

sake brewing using natural yeast and no mashing

sake brewing using natural yeast and no mashing

fresh spring roll (i.e. not fried); summer roll; Vietnamese salad roll

idol (esp. in the philosophy of Francis Bacon: idols of the tribe, cave, market, and theater)

Buddhist teachings; Buddhist scriptures

brush application; brush coating; painting with a brush

whisk broom

Brahma (Hindu creator god)

atman; one's true self, which transcends death and is part of the universal Brahman (in Hinduism)

urinary sediment (e.g. in urinalysis)

blizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms

buried earthen jar that makes sound when water drips into it (garden feature)

sweet of egg yolks drawn into strands and boiled in sugar syrup (orig. from Portugal); angel hair; fios de ovos

flower thief; stealing flowers

licensed masseur; licensed masseuse

strange dream

iron workers shop; ironworks

frosty morning

people who share an interest; people of similar tastes; kindred minds

Persian carpet flatworm (Pseudobiceros bedfordi); Bedford's flatworm

dwelling unit (esp. in apartment block, etc.)

flatworm; flat worm

Platyhelminthes (phylum of flatworms)

Xenoturbella (genus of worm-like basal deuterostomes)

Xenoturbellidae (family of worm-like basal deuterostomes)

Xenoturbellida (phylum of worm-like basal deuterostomes)

Deuterostomia (superphylum of animals)

Hemichordata (phylum of marine deuterostomes)

Graptolithina (class of extinct hemichordates)

biota; fauna

tone mark; mark placed in one of the four corners of a Chinese character to indicate the tone

tone mark; mark placed in one of the four corners of a Chinese character to indicate the tone

eumetazoa