Vocabulary

Tajima cattle (breed of black Wagyu cattle)

Matsusaka beef

Yonezawa beef

dish placed on the far side of the serving table (kaiseki cuisine); side dishes at a banquet (e.g. sashimi, salad, vinegared dish; not rice or soup)

stew made from multiple ingredients

vinegared appetizer

side dish served in order to encourage the consumption of alcohol (kaiseki cuisine)

hot bento

hot bento

eating one's lunch box before lunchtime (e.g. of a student)

wrapping cloth

Tosa dialect

anticommunism; anti-communism

apex predator

waterboarding

downloadable content; DLC

banana equivalent dose (of radiation); BED

floating nuclear power station

Operation Tomodachi; United States Armed Forces assistance operation to support Japan in disaster relief following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

specified nonprofit corporation

nonprofit organization; Not-for-Profit Organization

nonprofit organization; NPO

civic activity; activities initiated by the citizens themselves

qipao; cheongsam; mandarin gown

power spot; spiritual hot spot; location said to be flowing with mystical energy

competitive eater

modular bath; prefabricated bath

crossbow

biosphere reserve (UNESCO)

wildlife sanctuary; protection area for birds and wild animals

hunting license; hunting licence

Omi beef

authorized nonprofit organization

incorporated nonprofit organization

Act on Promotion of Specified Non-profit Activities

NPO law; Act on Promotion of Specified Non-profit Activities

polled cattle

arachnids

arachnids

arachnids