Vocabulary

mung bean; green gram

tactician; strategist

slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up

slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up

base (of a plant or tree); (part near the) roots

type of dancing and shouting performed by fans at concerts (usu. idol concerts)

footpath between rice fields

traditional Japanese swimming

white cloth or kimono with black or indigo splash patterns

shadow of a bird; sighting of a bird

American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)

Amur minnow (Phoxinus lagowskii steindachneri)

tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa)

writing (poetry); composing

middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)

sweet grapefruit-like citrus fruit; super-grapefruit

gummi bear; gummy bear

gummy; gummi; gummi candy

ramming; rammer

revitalizing treatment that stimulates the organs or the meridians (in Chinese medicine)

adjuvant

cathartic; purgative; laxative

cathartic; purgative; laxative

antidiarrheal; antidiarrhoeal

respiratory chain

illegal channel; back channel; black market

imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion

renewable resource

worm lizard; amphisbaenian

undersea cable (communications, power); submarine cable

woman who uses the usually male personal pronoun "boku" to refer to herself

curtain; hanging

gay liberation movement; gay liberation

condo; condominium; condominium apartment

hazing; gruelling training

mountain land; mountains

imperial command

day of the solstice

fresh salmon; unsalted salmon

program publicity