Vocabulary

East Asian evergreen forest culture (theory)

women's bath; women's section in a public bath

ravine wind; canyon wind; gorge wind

polar easterlies; polar Hadley cells

gradient wind

lake wind; lake breeze

Teimon school (of haikai, founded by Matsunaga Teitoku)

mountain-valley winds; mountain and valley breeze

Hadley circulation; Hadley cell

Ferrel cell; Ferrel circulation

polar vortex; polar cell

reek of liquor in one's breath

diacetyl

olfactory reference syndrome; ORS; autodysomophobia; fear of having an unpleasant body odour

olfactory reference syndrome; ORS; autodysomophobia; fear of having an unpleasant body odour

meat that smells of blood (esp. mutton)

something that smells of fish or blood

salt-cured fish

wood filling; filler; filling

die cutting; cutting with a cutter; shaping with a mold

cylindrical box used to measure rice

period story (play, film, novel, etc.; set in the Edo period)

period play set in the Edo period; period drama

pawnshop

cylindrical box shop

old person; oldster

official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat)

freshly squeezed juice; not-from-concentrate juice

biacetyl; diacetyl

quick bath; quick shower; quick dip (e.g. in the sea)

nudibranchs

Hypselodoris festiva (species of sea slug)

Melibe japonica (species of sea slug)

Melibe viridis (species of sea slug)

end; final

beluga (species of sturgeon, Huso huso)

super cool biz; government campaign to wear lighter clothes, set conditioners higher, etc.

King of Na gold seal (National Treasure of Japan)

royal seal

craniopagus parasiticus