Vocabulary

natural healing power; self-healing power; spontaneous cure

meta-analysis

stability orientation

every region of the country; all corners of the country; nationwide

meta-analysis

(lathe) turner

estate sale; estate liquidation

thinning hair; sparse hair (as in balding)

sorbitol

vegetable fats and oils

high-grade Japanese fresh confections (usu. colorful sculpted mochi in seasonal designs around bean paste)

handcar railroad; handcar railway

cycle rickshaw; pedicab; trishaw

atomizing; spraying

glucitol

draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh

polyandry

variant edition (e.g. of a manga series); special chapter published in a manga magazine

goal setting

essay question

gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)

muscle

Fujiwhara effect; Fujiwara effect

nor'easter; northeaster

different type of business; different occupation

playground (for children); park

small scale

graduate recruitment; employment of new graduates

global environment conservation; global environment preservation

sliding door covered with thick patterned paper

foreign cigarette; foreign tobacco

cigarette; cig; smoke; fag

Chinese paper

thick Japanese paper resembling Chinese paper (from late Edo period onward)

Omphalodes japonica (species of flowering plant related to borage)

gathering cigarette butts; person gathering cigarette butts

foreseeing; anticipating; predicting the future

replying; reply

verbal behaviour; language behaviour

linguistic activity