Vocabulary

place (to run a business, e.g. street stall)

fooling around with objects (type of improvised comedy act); prop comedy

bimbo; airhead beauty

comet

speed learning

fashion style purportedly created by former amateur models, salespeople, etc.

Rett syndrome

first person to say something; first person to suggest something; person who originated something

cutter (e.g. cookie cutter); punching die

troublesome foreigner

financial panic

national; citizen; native

dish fried in garlic oil

private value

public value; shared value

standard measurement for the distance between pillars in the Kansai area (approx. 197 cm)

standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm)

standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm)

Nagoya-size tatami mat (approx. 182 cm by 91 cm)

pore; stoma

one-track mind; person who always acts the same or says the same thing (esp. person who always cracks the same kind of jokes)

tip of a sword; point of a sword

Japanese-style desk (short, used while sitting on the floor)

fishing weir; fish weir; fish trap; pouch-shaped bamboo fence across river, etc.

back fat; fatty upper part of roast pork

urine dipstick test

unused item; never-used item

new old stock; NOS; unused goods of old manufacture

swimming ability

common femoral artery

Kronecker product

(true) mirin; mirin containing alcohol

boiling sake or mirin (to reduce the alcohol content); boiled-down sake; boiled-down mirin

mirin-style condiment; mirin-like seasoning; low-alcohol mirin

unitary tax

twig tea; stem tea; kukicha

gap (in a fence or hedge); chink; opening

person in the wrong; malfeasant

interment; burial

gold standard system