Vocabulary

snow pea; mangetout

Dakini (fairy-goddess)

lack of ability; incompetence; incapacity

pungent vegetables (e.g. garlic or Chinese chives) and alcohol; leeks and liquors

black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)

konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue

oxalic acid

castor oil plant

castor bean

castor oil

water shield (Brasenia schreberi)

sucrose; saccharose; cane sugar

greens; vegetables

hives; nettle rash; urticaria

death (of a nobleman, Imperial family member, etc.); demise

Rosicrucian; Fellowship of the Rosy Cross

Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica); Asian royal fern; flowering fern

pretence; pretense

white gooseweed (Chenopodium album); fat hen; lamb's-quarters; pigweed

great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge

Marco Polo Bridge (China)

moss; bryophyte

louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice

very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring

black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat

earthworm; worm

scarabaeid beetle grub

house centipede (Scutigeromorpha spp.)

bushy eyebrows

slug

basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel

sorghum (Sorghum bicolor); Indian millet

chrysalis; pupa

pupation

pupa; chrysalis

somersault

lizard

swarm; throng; flock together

butterfly

bat (Chiroptera spp.)