Vocabulary

goat

Capricornus (constellation); Capricorn; the Goat

Yamanashi Prefecture (Chūbu area)

forestry

Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash

salamander

heavy damage; havoc; ravages

tragic death; violent death

slump; sudden fall of market price

chirashi; chirashizushi; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top

extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering

shotgun

plank path (on a steep mountainside, cliff face, etc.); walkway

coral reef

obstetrics

clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes

midwife

obstetrician-gynecologist; obstetrician and gynaecologist; ob-gyn

downy hair; down; vellus hair; peach fuzz; fluff

vulva; vulvae

arithmetic

(computer) object

(computer) process

computer program

arithmetic; algorithm

computation; calculation

sericulture

sericultural equipment

silkworm basket

sericulture industry

silk experiment station

silkworm-egg paper

silkworm

silkworm-raising room

silkworm-egg card

encroachment; making inroads (into); (slow but steady) invasion

silkworm egg

silkworm-egg paper

praise

arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews