Vocabulary

economic slump; economic stagnation; lackluster economy; stagnant economy; sluggish economy; slow economy

endomesoderm

whole family; all the members of one's family

raid; assault; attack

industrial waste disposal facility; wastes treatment facility

hypsometer

meteorological observation

photometry

photometer

prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity

each point; each part

small desk

urination

servile smile; sycophantic smile; servile laugh; sycophantic laugh

caricaturing

Hon'inbō Tournament (annual professional go competition); Honinbo Tournament

air transportation; air transport; transport by air

International Trade Commission; ITC

one-party regime; single-party regime

surrounding environment; ambient surrounding; one's surroundings

impact mitigation

publicly traded stock; stock listed on the stock exchange

modern horror

founder; establisher

Conference of Administrative Vice-Ministers

test facility; test installation

emergency employment measures; emergency job-creating measures

debt problem

Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus niloticus)

lack of leadership (esp. of a teacher)

V-League (Japanese volleyball league)

making a guest appearance; guest starring

theater missile defense; TMD

antiballistic missile; ABM

ballistic missile defense; BMD

stool

Oreochromis (genus of tilapiine cichlids)

questionnaire results; survey results

Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)

price monitoring; price observation