Vocabulary

the very image of health itself; picture of health

urgent phone call; emergency phone call

Tibetan mastiff (dog breed)

English mastiff (dog breed)

for the first time in one's life

holy water

reference (e.g. for a job)

unable to take (thermally) hot food; have a tongue too sensitive to heat

exercise regime to convert breech presentation; trying to correct an unborn child's improper position so that the head comes out first

identification key; taxonomic key

cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do

incense

sweet-smelling wood

one form (of); a form of

to leave undone

things left undone

forger

to cosplay; to dress up in costume (as a character from an anime, manga, etc.)

to refuse; to reject; to deny

home remedy; medical treatment by a layperson

pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter; rotated grazing

poetic style typical of Man'yōshū

tubular nectary; spur

air of seniority; patronizing attitude

sepal

epiphytic; designating a non-parasitic plant that grows on other plants

alternation (in phyllotaxis); alternate arrangement

hospitality; reception; treatment; service; entertainment

ringtone

elevator landing; elevator hall

drying a futon (by hanging it outside in the sun)

watering (plants)

playing with dirt

making things out of dirt (for fun)

(separate) house; detached house

great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind

to try and draw someone out; to fish for information

interaction with one's neighbors; relationship with one's neighbors

regime

regime change