This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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蕭、艾、蒿
よもぎ
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps, Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii); general term for plants in the Artemisia genus; mugwort; sagebrush; wormwood
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満目蕭条

まんもくしょうじょう
all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see
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蕭条

しょうじょう
dreary; bleak; lonely
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蕭索

しょうさく
lonely
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蕭蕭

蕭々
しょうしょう
drearily; with desolation; with loneliness (esp. the rain and wind)
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蕭寥

しょうりょう
desolate; lonely; barren