noun:

• twig tea; stem tea; kukicha; tea made from twigs pruned from the tea plant during its dormant season

noun:

• scouring rushes; Equisetum hyemale; common horsetail

noun:

• vesper bat (Vespertilionidae spp., esp. the Asian particolored bat, Vespertilio sinensis); evening bat; common bat

noun:

• self-styled Zen philosophy; sciolism; dabbling in Zen ➜ 野狐禅

noun:

• Galapagos phenomenon; Galapagos syndrome; tendency of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) to be designed specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports - because the Galapagos contains many endemic species ➜ ガラパゴス化

expression / noun:

• heyday; prime; one's glory; the height of one's prosperity

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention ➜ 相槌【あいづち】

expression:

• simply put; putting it simply; in short

noun:

• Lamiaceae; Labiatae; family of flowering plants comprising the mints

expression / adverb:

• (at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed ➜ 脱兎【だっと】

noun / ~する noun:

• consideration; taking into account; sympathy with

noun:

• playboy; playgirl; fast liver; person with an active sex life ➜ 発展【はってん】

noun:

• ti; si; 7th note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• having presence of mind; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed; with serenity - archaism - four character idiom

expression / adverb:

• for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

adverb:

• evenly; equably; in an uniform and orderly fashion

noun:

• misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko ➜ 仕込み【しこみ】・舞子【まいこ】

noun:

• scabies; sarcoptic mange; the itch - obscure term ➜ 疥癬

intransitive verb / godan ~る verb:

• to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of

noun:

• business-stimulating measures; economic stimulation program; measure to stimulate the economy

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere

noun:

• committing every evil; being given to evil ways; following the path of evil - four character idiom

noun:

• omasum; psalterium; third compartment of the stomach in ruminants

~の noun / noun:

• staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool