Vocabulary

tank truck; tank car

base pair

three great oceans (Pacific, Atlantic and Indian)

discretion; discretionary power

to blend (something) in; to spread (on) thoroughly; to apply evenly (to the skin, hair, etc.)

jeweled spear (jewelled)

Ama no Ukihashi; the heavenly floating bridge by which gods are said to descend from the heavens to the earth

Onokoro Island (island formed by drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear); Onogoro Island

great blue sea; ocean

Ama no Nuhoko; the heavenly jeweled spear used by Izanagi and Izanami

Ama no Mihashira; the heavenly pillar on Onokoro Island, around which Izanagi and Izanami are said to have wed

great length; great size

grand palace

Japan

Japan

the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)

the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)

Japan

Japan

value; preciousness; nobility

Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome; TTTS

rubber duck

email that is returned as undeliverable

bubblegum

anthology (of poetry, etc.); compilation; collection; selection

winter cherry (Physalis alkekengi)

light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style

light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style

feeling of emptiness in the stomach; sensation of hunger

to lose one's footing; to slip

to lose one's footing; to slip

to let slip; to slide; to glide

re-entry; reentry; readmittance

beautiful buttocks; attractive bottom

naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber)

African mole rat (any rodent of family Bathyergidae)

shrew (any rodent of family Soricidae, esp. those of genus Sorex)

large Japanese field mouse (Apodemus speciosus)

Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)

hamster (any rodent of subfamily Cricetinae)