Vocabulary

back stitch; backstitch

shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi

filamentous fungus

woody parts (of a plant); xylem

dirge; elegy; threnody

humectant; water retention agent

hot water (for drinking); tea

first term (e.g. of sequence); initial term

common ratio; geometric ratio

press-stud; snap button; snap fastener

apoptosis

suicide

horizontally striped shirt; border shirt

service charge

local people; local residents

Dardanus crassimanus (species of left-handed hermit crab)

being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)

mapping pen

taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.

lattice

stupid person; slow-witted person

mullion

prison

atomizer; atomiser

shrink wrap; shrinkwrap

lost dog; missing dog

fudge

segmentation fault; segfault

Bangkok (Thailand)

Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)

waking up just before daybreak

annotation; explanatory note

-nize; -nise

Japanese (person)

Russian text; text written in Russian

translating into Russian

Sakhalin (Russia)

Manchu script

child's identification tag

secret sharing