the present, as a privileged moment in eternity

Japanese cuisine, western cuisine, and Chinese cuisine, three principal cuisines in Japan

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.

mildly hot (in terms of spiciness)

Short for 中折れ帽子 (nakaore bōshi, “fedora”) (felt hat)

(education) middle-school student / (Internet slang) an Internet troll / (Internet slang) a noob

a surname

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

Middle-earth