Vocabulary

water bottle (of a monk, nun, etc.); flask

portable water vessel (for drinking or washing up)

vase

call of a wild goose

golden sesame (seeds)

black cattle

Berkshire pig; black pig

Chinese-style spare ribs (esp. pork, also beef or lamb), breaded and fried

digestion resistant dextrin; indigestible dextrin

hydrolyzed collagen; collagen peptide; collagen hydrolysate

gingerol

green barley; barley grass

mulberry leaf powder

leading group (of runners in a marathon, etc.); leading pack

blue-green bacterium; cyanobacteria; cyanobacterium

unused agricultural land; abandoned crop fields; farmland lying fallow

sweet potato variety (often used in shōchū brewing)

industrial experimental station; industrial research institute; industrial testing station

Aspergillus niger; Aspergillus awamorii; black koji mold

semiperishable sweets; half-dry confectionery

deferrization; iron removal (using a magnet, etc.)

shogaol; shogool

chewing power; chewing strength; bite strength; masticatory strength; strength of mastication

Hawthorne studies; Hawthorne research; Hawthorne effect

folk song from the Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture (used as a Bon Festival dance song)

winning (of a hand); declaring a win; going mahjong; going out

Hall effect

Horn clause

lamplight; torchlight

firelight

Hoakari no Mikoto (Japanese deity)

rope that ties the lower end of the sail to the hull (on a Japanese-style ship)

safety division (e.g. of the police); security division; public peace department

National Security Board (1952-1954)

crude palanquin; street palanquin

child in nursery school

nursery school teacher; childcare worker

nursery school; day nursery

family day care provider

drier; toaster