Vocabulary

mixed miso (e.g. white and red)

industrial robot

problems of the elderly

plans for one's day, plans for one's year, plans for one's life, and plans for one's family

crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)

Japanese confectionery store (orig. one of high standing, supplying the imperial court, etc.); Japanese confectionery maker

articular facet; facies articularis

public hearing

Naiad (moon of Neptune)

entering a tea room

entering a tea room

Naiad (water nymph)

increased investment

self-inflicted accident; traffic accident where injury is caused by one's own negligence; one-car accident

mesenchymal cell

obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs; calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes

total volume control; regulations on total allowable volumes of pollutants

real-estate financing; real-estate loan

photography contest; photography competition

elderly care; eldercare

wallet-sized (photo)

giving a gift

diffusion index

New Year's greetings

colloquium; symposium; gathering for discussion

Palaeolithic culture; Paleolithic culture

stone age culture

inattention; distraction; mind-wandering

age in days; number of days old

softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)

battledore fair

Lockheed P-3 Orion (anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft); P3C

International Olympic Committee; IOC

net external assets

doorstop; door stop; door stopper

human drama

package of economic stimulus measures; comprehensive economic measures; comprehensive economic stimulus package

elementary operation; basic operation; fundamental procedure

automobile component; automobile part

midsummer; height of summer