Vocabulary

year-end bonus; bonus salary given at the end of the year

large prize (e.g. in horse racing)

hot sake with grilled fish fins (esp. fugu or sea bream)

sake; alcohol; liquor

sake made from rice or other cereal which is chewed before fermentation

sake that has been kept in a wooden cask; cask sake; barreled sake

low orbit; low Earth orbit; LEO

low Earth orbit

small tube; pipette; tubule

graded race; high-stakes race

coordinator; coordinating role

planning decision

operating (e.g. of trains, cars); running; working

government funding; government-financed

revisit rate (e.g. for a website); visitor retention rate

system of self-management; honour system

avoirdupois ounce

dwarf irregular galaxy

pro-Arab

auricular lymph node

takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Vesta (goddess)

smiley

air tanker; aerial tanker; airborne refuelling craft

actinometer; actinograph

cicadas which sing in late autumn

tree cricket (Oecanthus longicauda)

willow-leaf arrowhead

warp controller (on a loom)

part of a loom

morning glory seeds (medicinal use)

autumn sky; clear blue autumnal sky

special event

watchtower of a castle

willow green

archery

archery

pouring ladle (in ironworks)

development cost

self-government; autonomous government; devolved government (e.g. in the UK)