乙

strange taste; spicy taste

second-class cruiser

Poetical term

girl; maiden

Abbreviation; Abbr. of 乙種海運仲立業

chartering broker (arranges customs clearance and shipping details for trade goods); freight forwarding agent

Adiantum edgeworthii (species of maidenhair fern)

waterhyssop (Bacopa monnieri); brahmi; thyme-leafed gratiola; water hyssop; herb of grace; Indian pennywort

maiden lily (Lilium rubellum)

column B (e.g., in a form); second column

second division of the night (approx. 9pm to 11pm)

Germany

German (language)

young female rice planter; young girl

difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them

first and second; A and B

superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment; discrimination

mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens); dusky rabbitfish; sandy spinefoot

modulation (of voice)

variation; variety; balance; pace

liveliness (e.g. of writing style)

the former and the latter; A and B

A, B, C and D; first, second, third and fourth

Expressions

Very sincerely yours

Archaic; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun

different

younger brother's wife

A, B and C; first, second and third

arguments pro and con

celestial maiden

Proverb

one man's meat is another man's poison; one man's medicine is another man's poison