Vocabulary

branch family

buckwheat dumpling; buckwheat mash; buckwheat dough ball

clear answer; definite answer

poetry meeting

good debater

skilful debate; well-constructed debate

dialectic demonstration; display of skill in explanation

contracted regular payment, e.g. monthly, weekly, etc.; by the (month, week, etc.)

plum blossom festival (held at Kitano Shrine on February 25)

inner lid

emergence (in evolutionary theory, systems theory, etc.)

systems theory

place by the sea

place near the beach; place near the shore

silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis, species of circumtropical requiem shark)

grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, species of Indo-Pacific requiem shark)

Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii, species of requiem shark found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil)

trade below the public offering price during a float

problems that affect a period of time; hardships peculiar to an age; hard problems of the times

headbanging (to music)

first quotation for a stock at the first exchange meeting of the New Year

Japanese arborvitae (Thuja standishii)

tall, evergreen tree

Japanese arborvitae (Thuja standishii)

unit test; testing an item in isolation

aviation

test print; test sheet; trial print run

Festival to Plead for Skills (progenitor festival of Tanabata)

koto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills

long-term credit bank; LTCB

visiting angler; fishing visitor

country living; life in the country; country life

major religion; great religion

net fishing

caulking; calking; oakum

bottom of a box

roasting (in metallurgy, etc.); calcination; torrefaction

reflector board; board reflector; reflector panel; bounce board

development (work)

scar contracture; cicatricial contraction