Vocabulary

mung bean; green gram

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)

tactician; strategist

slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up

slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up

base (of a plant or tree); (part near the) roots

to come; to go

type of dancing and shouting performed by fans at concerts (usu. idol concerts)

auxiliary verb indicating past condition or occurrence (e.g. "was", "had been", etc.)

auxiliary verb indicating the speaker's personal recollection or something they've heard (e.g. "was", "wasn't it?", "is said to have ...", etc.)

footpath between rice fields

to become sick; to be struck by a disaster; to hinder; to be hindered; to run into problems; to have an accident

traditional Japanese swimming

white cloth or kimono with black or indigo splash patterns

shadow of a bird; sighting of a bird

to value; to prize; to honor; to respect

(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.)

American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)

Amur minnow (Phoxinus lagowskii steindachneri)

tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa)

writing (poetry); composing

middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)

sweet grapefruit-like citrus fruit; super-grapefruit

to see; to look; to watch

to do

gummi bear; gummy bear

gummy; gummi; gummi candy

ramming; rammer

revitalizing treatment that stimulates the organs or the meridians (in Chinese medicine)

adjuvant

cathartic; purgative; laxative

cathartic; purgative; laxative

antidiarrheal; antidiarrhoeal

respiratory chain

illegal channel; back channel; black market

imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion

renewable resource

worm lizard; amphisbaenian

undersea cable (communications, power); submarine cable

critical hit (esp. in RPGs)