Vocabulary

packaging machinery; packaging machine

range of fluctuation; fluctuation margin

floating exchange rate system

at parting; on parting

separate account; separate charge

waste disposal; waste treatment

hegemonism

weather-driven market; weather-dependent market

red carrageen (Chondrus crispus); red carragheen; red Irish moss

shutout; shutting out; lock-out; freeze-out

monetary union

face-to-face talk; direct communication; direct dialogue; direct talk

wakame stem; central rib of the wakame leaf

communitarianism

channel; duct; passage; watercourse; flow channel

conduit line; pipeline

phytoestrogen

blank slate; tabula rasa

watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert

guard (of a daimyo, emperor, etc.)

high palace tower

buddha state (ultimate level of Buddhist enlightenment); buddhahood

private temple (ritsuryō period); non-state-sponsored temple

net cafe refugee; homeless person living in an Internet cafe

traditional craft; traditional handicrafts

hanging decoration

net cafe refugee; homeless person living in an Internet cafe

response rate; percentage of replies

Munchausen's syndrome

development block; development base

governments of various countries

environmental measure

liver transplant

current delivery; near delivery; new delivery

memory retention

technology import; introduction of foreign technology

urban area; metropolitan area; metropolitan region

greater metropolitan area; megalopolis; conurbation

initial budget; original budget

specific area; specified region; designated area