omamori for the flowers and plants of each month

(botany) The flowers of the fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans).

Hualien (a city and county on the east coast of Taiwan)

(botany) filament (stalk of a stamen in a flower)

(volleyball) a middle blocker / (soccer, rugby, handball) a halfback

the truth being unknown due to conflicting accounts; a Rashomon-like situation

A collective name for the Middle East and Near East. The Near and Middle East.

Middle-earth

Short for 葦原の中つ国 (ashihara no nakatsukuni, “mortal realm”).

(mahjong) red dragon