Vocabulary

plant-based

whole food; whole foods

stotting; pronging; pronking

moist; moistening

coming-of-age tale

with all one's strength; with all one's heart

from the place (where)

diplomat; diplomatist

pool for soaking seed rice before planting

undulatus; wave cloud

first sound of cicadas of the year

haiku given as an example

from outside; from the side

immature person; person of low status

to be no match for; to not hold a candle to

to take advantage (of another's weakness)

non-Newtonian fluid

Newtonian fluid

breeze

retching; vomiturition

belfry; bell tower; campanile

courageous; brave; bold; valiant

gojiru; miso soup with ground soybeans

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...

everybody; everyone

Taiwan dog (dog breed); Formosan mountain dog

evergreen pear (Pyrus kawakamii)

to resort to violence; to behave violently; to use force

to forget everything; to lose one's memory (e.g. of a period); to black out

getting free; being released

sensible; of sound character; right-minded

planet

feminine form

masculine form

baumkuchen

Urashima Tarō; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later

"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

tropical cyclone

undeserved reward

pure and beautiful