Vocabulary

vegetables not high in beta-carotene

merchandise certificate

humbly

to have diarrhea

no problem

laptop (computer); notebook (computer)

secondary email

secondary email

long (time); longstanding; for a long time

free (e.g. verse)

negative form

emphatic suffix

thread sealing tape; plumber's tape

elephantine

soft rice (cooked in a pot)

eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii)

loss of virginity (of a female); defloration; deflowering

to make good; to improve

convenient thing; harmonious, well-made thing

hazard prevention

to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy

to be roasted; to be parched

zhi (large bowl-shaped ancient Chinese cup with two handles)

shallow bowl

gloss; sheen (surface quality found in unglazed pottery)

Bizen ware (type of pottery)

local flavouring

out of place artifact; OOPArt

kuda-gitsune; pipe fox; fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses

artifact spirit; in folk belief, long-lived objects (household objects, living beings, nature, etc.) become inhabited by a spirit upon their 100th birthday

legendary monster resembling a flying squirrel

Budd-Chiari syndrome

four-wheel drive

viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...

bremsstrahlung; X-rays produced when fast electrons pass through matter

anthocyan

xanthophyll

pitch accent

stress accent