My words

襟巻蜥蜴

えりまきとかげ エリマキトカゲ

frilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii), frill-necked lizard

青大将

あおだいしょう アオダイショウ

Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)

ブラックマンバ

ブラック・マンバ

black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

蹴散らす

けちらす

to kick about, to kick around to scatter (e.g. ones enemies), to rout

ギロチン

ギヨチン

guillotine

拘わる

こだわる かかわる

to fuss over, to be particular about to be obsessive, to be fixated

絶頂

ぜっちょう

top (of a mountain), summit peak, height, zenith, climax

切れ味

きれあじ

sharpness, cutting ability quickness (of wit), incisiveness, technical proficiency, skill peppiness (of a ball)

蔑み

さげすみ

contempt

民

たみ

nation, people

仕える

つかえる

to serve, to work for, to attend

見果てぬ夢

みはてぬゆめ

unfinished dream, unfulfilled dream, impossible dream

日本晴れ

にほんばれ

beautiful weather, clear and cloudless sky, clear Japanese weather

野営地

やえいち

camp site, campground

蒸し返す

むしかえす

to reheat, to steam over to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with), to take up again, to drag up, to rehash

在り方

ありかた

the way something ought to be the (current) state of things, how things are

尊い

とうとい たっとい

precious, valuable, priceless, noble, exalted, sacred

吐き気

はきけ

nausea, sickness in the stomach

下す

くだす

to make (a decision), to pass (judgement, etc.), to hand down (orders to let go down, to lower to do oneself, to do by oneself

マドモアゼル

mademoiselle

昼

ひる

noon, midday daytime lunch

コンセント

コンセント

electrical outlet, wall socket, power plug

裾

すそ

(trouser) cuff, (skirt) hem, shirttail, cut edge of a hairdo, fringe, foot of mountain

桁違い

けたちがい ケタちがい

an order of magnitude higher, off by a digit, in a different league, unbelievable, incomparable, unimaginable

微か

かすか

faint, dim, weak, slight, vague, indistinct, hazy poor, wretched, meagre, meager, scanty

及ばない

およばない

unnecessary unattainable

嫌味

いやみ

disagreeableness, disagreeability, gaudiness, sarcasm

庇う

かばう

to protect someone, to take under ones wing, to plead for, to stick up for, to cover up for someone

凄絶

せいぜつ

extremely gruesome, lurid, violent, bloody, fierce

絢爛

けんらん

gorgeous, brilliant, dazzling, gaudy, flowery (speech)