Vocabulary

green Japanese peppercorn; unripe Japanese peppercorn

many cultures

business activities; business conduct; business operations

representative director; spokesperson for a board of directors

scroll containing a single line of calligraphy, often of Zen content (usu. found in a tea-ceremony room or house)

Zen terminology; Zen words

organizational management system

woody plant

management of an organization; organizational management; organizational operation

Yagi-Uda antenna

triangular frame of a thatched roof

roof truss; roof frame

rowing course; rowing centre (center)

outdoor shoes; outdoor footwear

bisexual (person)

poisonous substance; toxic substance

neurotoxin; nerve poison

poison; poisonous substance

long-term hospitalization

exercise price; strike price; practice price

improper billing; illegal charge; false claims (e.g. for health insurance reimbursement)

countermeasures headquarters; task force; countermeasures office; emergency headquarters

country of manufacture

clearance groove; under cut

ballista; springald

matching surface; mating face

auto-hypnosis; self-hypnosis; self-induced hypnotism

self-transcendence

overseas transactions; foreign transactions

deflection (gunnery)

gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

vote-assignment; assigning votes (e.g. to UN member countries)

ministerial council; council of ministers

negotiating posture; attitude to negotiations; negotiating behaviour

Gulf War (1990)

indefinite strike

initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages

Act Regulating the Receipt of Contributions, the Receipt of Deposits, and Interest Rates

money lender; financier

mandate (e.g. to use resources); lease (e.g. to use facilities)