Vocabulary

speech sound

anal valve; valvulae anales

skin flap; flap

alveolar lateral flap

lateral

obstruent

axial flow turbine

alveolar lateral approximant; clear l

personal business; sole proprietorship

one-man business; sole proprietor; sole proprietorship; individual owner-manager

sole proprietor; one-man business; self-employed

sole proprietorship tax

superfluidity

supersolid

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

surpassing looks; exceptional appearance

oil film; oil slick

ugly woman

minimum age (e.g. employment)

makossa

sign; portent; omen; herald; harbinger

deep-fried mochi (Heian period)

hitting all the targets (archery)

steamed rice as an offering to a god

female genital area

litotes (figure of speech); meiosis

schmaltz; schmalz; rendered chicken, goose, or pork fat used for frying, etc.

sandy beach; sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form

pastry made of dough pulled into various shapes and fried

cosmic distance ladder; cosmological distance ladder

standard candle; standard light source

hot atom chemistry

recoil atom

udon soup containing deep-fried beef offal

fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands, musicians, etc.

welcome and sending off party

chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach)

traditional horse-racing; originally two horses head-to-head or ten at a time, esp. May 5 event at Kamigamo shrine

(Japanese) lacquer art

judo; jujutsu