Vocabulary

growth path; route to growth

prize for a single stage of a relay race

epigenetics

epigenetics

traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven

traditional Japanese poem with six verses in a 5-7-7-5-7-7 moraic pattern

katauta; ancient Japanese poetry form with three verses in a 5-7-7 moraic pattern

poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara

poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara

form of poetry found on the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara (following a 5-7-5-7-7-7 moraic pattern)

three-day weekend; long weekend; three holidays in a row

broadcast writer (TV and radio)

striped pattern (textiles, pottery)

solo (musical work)

solo instrument

cacomistle (Bassariscus astutus); ring-tailed cat; ringtail; civet

Central American cacomistle (Bassariscus sumichrasti)

local warriors, or provincial or district officials, who developed paddy field lands

Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol

Soto Zen

Ten Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment)

proof of concept

consolidated taxation system; consolidated tax payment system

Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey); Tankan survey

oil resources; petroleum resources

East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age

chemical plant; chemical factory; chemical works

processing plant; processing facility; processing equipment

high price

North Sea oil fields

public referendum ordinance

double collision

class-A; A class; A grade

emergency contraception

emergency contraceptive pill

emergency contraceptive

general manager; GM

auspicious cloud

luck at winning

prosperity; fortune