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Mactra veneriformis (species of trough shell)

Food, cooking

dish of potatoes first boiled, then spun around while fried in a bowl (making them look as if covered in powder)

Idiomatic expression; From Matthew 11:17

we have piped unto you and ye have not danced; people ignoring one's invitation or effort to do something together

Chinese emperor (species of emperor bream, Lethrinus haematopterus)

jetbead (Rhodotypos scandens); white kerria

Geology

blowhole

Chelidonium japonicum (species of poppy)

froghopper (any insect of family Cercopidae); spittlebug

Proverb

a burnt child dreads the fire; once bitten twice shy; to become overcautious from a bad experience

Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)

common bistort (Persicaria bistorta)

Ibuki Faction (of the LDP)

Japanese cockchafer (Melolontha japonica)

blotched foxface (Siganus unimaculatus)

sand-blasting; sandblast

Chinese false gudgeon (Abbottina rivularis)

Idiomatic expression; Nidan verb (lower class)

to be nitpicky; to be fault-finding

spray painting

golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis); golden dart frog

to exercise parental authority

Hollywood juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. kaizuka); Chinese pyramid juniper

Noh

usofuki; kyogen mask with bulging eyes and pursed lips (as if whistling)

Sports

to shoot too high (in soccer); to blast the ball over the bar

blood spray (caused by a weapon); fountain of blood