Vocabulary

repeating a course; taking a course again

food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land

tea-of-heaven (Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. serrata); mountain hydrangea

comprehensive bonded area; general bonded area

cost-effectiveness; price-performance ratio

shore of a pond; pond bank

thin, soft membrane inside the tip of a bamboo culm; silky inner covering at the tip of a bamboo shoot

ultra-fine rasp; ultra-fine file

bamboo shoot

shady online money-making

making something difficult to find via a search engine

male who likes comics depicting male homosexual love (usually targeted to women)

man who likes comics depicting male homosexual love (usually targeted to women)

panoramic viewing platform

perfect woman; woman other women aspire to be like

sociolect spoken in the Tokyo area by gyaru

sociolect; social dialect

idiolect

twin talk; twin speech; cryptophasia; idioglossia

old people's talk; sociolect of the elderly; dated language

sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (esp. used by homosexual men)

elder sister

secret language used in the postwar Showa period where certain words are read backwards

Mongolian people

Mongolian people

five races under one union (Han, Manchurians, Mongolians, Hui, Tibetans; founding principle of the Republic of China)

loose-fitting white socks (worn by schoolgirls); baggy socks

celebrity or comedian (usu. male) taking on an effeminate role (through mannerisms, way of speaking, etc.)

acrolect

subdialect

basilect

tiger fur

endocarp

suede; leather using the underside of the skin

cherry tree inner bark

hard shell of a nut, etc.

sensory epithelium; neuroepithelium

tachibana peel (oft. minced and used as a spice)

black-dyed leather

dog skin; dog hide; dog fur