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In Japanese writing, small kana characters placed beside or above a kanji to show how it is pronounced.

Extremely angry.

In an extremely angry way.

The state of being extremely angry or outraged.

A unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile (about 201 meters), used mainly in horse racing and farmland measurement.

An authorized leave of absence, especially for military personnel or employees.

A heating device used to melt metal, fire ceramics, or heat a building.

To equip a room or building with furniture.

Equipped with furniture.

Furniture and other fittings and accessories in a room.

Furniture, fittings, and other movable items that equip and decorate a room.

Large movable objects, such as tables, chairs, and beds, that make a room usable.

A widespread outcry or commotion over something.

A pronunciation spelling of foreigner.

A long, narrow trench cut into soil, typically by a plow.

Covered with fur, or resembling fur in texture.

To help advance or promote something.

The act of helping something progress; support given towards a desired goal.

In addition to what has already been said; moreover.

To or at the greatest distance; most far.

Done secretly or slyly, often to avoid detection.

A boil: a swollen, infected sore filled with pus.

Extreme or wild anger.

An Italian surname derived from a word meaning "dark" or "swarthy," originally describing complexion.

A safety device containing a component that melts to break an electrical circuit if the current is too high.

Joined or melted together into one.

The main body of an aircraft, to which the wings, tail, and engines attach, and which holds crew and cargo.

Shaped like a spindle: rounded in cross-section and narrowing towards each end.

Several guns being fired together at the same time.

The act or process of joining two or more things into one, typically using heat or pressure; a synonym of "fusion."

The act or result of combining separate things into one.

Excessive worry, activity, or complaint over something minor.

The quality of being overly particular or easily upset by small details.

The act of worrying over or making a fuss about small details.

Overly concerned with small details; hard to satisfy.

Synonym of Cairo, a city in Egypt, as the capital of Egypt under the Rashidun, Umayyad, and Abbasid Caliphates and as the capital of the Fatimid Caliphate.

Originally, a kind of coarse fabric made from cotton and flax; now, a kind of coarse twilled cotton, or cotton and linen, stuff with a short pile and often dyed a dull colour, which is chiefly prepared for menswear.

Smelling damp and mouldy.

A spoonerism of the word motherfucker.

Producing no useful result; pointless or doomed to fail.

The state of being useless or unable to produce a result.

A thin, padded cotton mattress that can be laid on the floor or placed on a folding frame that converts between a bed and a sofa.

A form of football played indoors with five players on each team.

Possible to happen or exist at some point in the future.

The period of time that has not yet happened.

An early-1900s art movement that focused on speed, machines and modern life, and strongly rejected traditional ideas about art.

Someone who follows the ideas of the futurism art movement.

Looking or seeming so advanced that it appears to belong to the future.

The fact of being still to come rather than present or past.

Another name for Fu, a county belonging to Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.

A soft mass of short, loose hairs or fibres.

How fuzzy or blurred something is.

(informal) A silly or unpleasant person that others look down on.

Covered with a soft layer of short fibres or hair.

Forward: a tag placed at the front of an email subject line to show the message is being passed on from someone else.

Forward: the tag added to an email subject line when the message is being sent on to somebody else.

Outstandingly good, exciting or stylish, especially of music, food or clothes.

For your information: used to flag something the reader may want to know but does not have to act on.

A Russian male given name, an English transliteration of Фёдор (Fyodor).