Vocabulary

T junction

five-forked road; five-road junction

practising law

orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva var. disticha); tawny daylily

firefighter (Edo period)

firefighter (Edo period)

ratites

ratites

Avici (lowest level of hell)

swift moth (Hepialidae spp., esp. Endoclita excrescens)

prototherians

koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

prostitution (in the guise of a massage service)

Brazilian agouti (Dasyprocta leporina)

lesser Egyptian gerbil (Gerbillus gerbillus)

perissodactyls; odd-toed ungulates

aepyornis; elephant bird

nasal septum

cassowary (Casuarius spp.)

dupion (double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms); dupioni

money problems; financial issues

food universally loved by all citizens; comfort food

bustard (esp. the great bustard, Otis tarda)

rocky-shore denudation; sea desertification; disappearance of useful coastal seaweeds due to environmental factors

Deer-Antler-Cutting Ceremony (held in Nara between late October and early November)

cladocerans

patagium (vertebrate flying or gliding membrane)

children's center; child welfare residential facility

training place; dojo

one-on-one fighting sport (without weapons); combat sport; martial art

to be slightly offended; to be somewhat irritated

telencephalon

telencephalon

indicates emotion, admiration, emphasis, etc.

self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk

to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

multiplayer

multi-instrumentalist

amphiaster; diaster

nipple