Vocabulary

roller bearing

lawn tennis

uninterested (in); having no interest (in)

large ship

(small) boat

measuring weight; weighing

Japanese Babylon (Babylonia japonica); Japanese ivory shell

Korean mussel (Mytilus coruscus)

Soletellina diphos (species of clam)

(money) laundering

to hit a nerve; to get on one's nerves

to irritate; to offend; to provoke; to get on one's nerves

endurance; perseverance; patience

to throw in the towel

red-eye effect

choroiditis

expulsion (of a baby)

unlocking

skirt steak; meat cut from the diaphragm

debut; first appearance

conception; pregnancy

to coax; to cajole; to humour (humor); to wheedle

to feel hungry; to get hungry

to feel hungry; to get hungry

dental arch

to feel hungry; to get hungry

to be frank; to drop all pretense

bolt

to oil (e.g. chains, hinges, etc.)

Eurasian wigeon (Anas penelope)

gross national income; GNI

Osaka dialect

American wigeon (Anas americana)

harlequin glorybower (Clerodendrum trichotomum)

huangjiu; undistilled Chinese alcohol made of fermented grains

baijiu (distilled Chinese alcohol, made from fermented grains)

maotai (variety of distilled Chinese alcohol)

kaoliang (strong distilled Chinese alcohol made from sorghum)

banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly enthroned emperor

white sake (presented as an offering to the gods)