Vocabulary

unwanted hair; superfluous hair

panty lines; visual panty line; VPL

panty girdle; panty corset

brain surgery; brain operation; neurosurgery

body drop (judo); body throw

Sub-Saharan Africa

Japanese-style writing desk

Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

convulsions (in a child); nervousness; short-temperedness

dimensionless number

name of a warship

shooting a fleeing target (usu. animal) from horseback

weeping cherry

long-distance race (in track and field; typically 3, 5 or 10km)

third-year student; third-year pupil

contract; commitment

Tsu (city in Mie)

General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers; 1945-1952); GHQ

General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (1945-1952); GHQ

brain science

introductory clause of a law, patent, etc.; chapeau; main paragraph

commercially owned land

private land; privately owned land

interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox

long vest with open sleeves; chokki vest; kimono vest

Japanese tungoil tree (Vernicia cordata)

albatross

head and neck carcinoma; cancer of the head and neck

Tachyglossidae (family including the echidnas)

regular adoption (official adoption with the consent of both parties and without dissolving the relationship with the biological parents)

grammatology

literary theory

contemporary philosophy; modern thought

structural constructivism

centre line (usu. in buildings, joinery, etc.); center line

pressure to conform; peer pressure; peer group pressure; group pressure

bidet toilet with a heated water function; warm-water washlet

juvenile

chief superintendent (police)