Vocabulary

var. of lettuce with curled leaves

to sit cross-legged; to sit at ease

kiheitai (irregular militia during the Bakumatsu period)

spinocerebellar degeneration; SCD

underground train station

hitting the hardware directly

to be beaten to the punch; to be overtaken

soaring

energy drink; nutritional supplement drink; vitamin drink

electricity supply network; transmission network; power grid

field winding

interfacial tension

all; everyone; everybody

sea spiders (Pycnogonida spp.)

pantopods

decorative carving

leaving open; leaving ajar

open interval

craniotomy

openness

open (attitude, etc.); openhearted; frank; liberal

(bond) cleavage

stairwell; stair hall; staircase

solmization

perilymph

diplomat; diplomatic person

diplomatic institution

exotropia; divergent strabismus

abducens nerve

fire boat; fireboat

factory ship; repair ship

ferry boat; barge

steel ship; ironclad

simplistic

the path that one should follow as a human being; the path of benevolence

set of problems (e.g. in a textbook) in which previously learned skills are applied to real world situations; practical assessment

when one finds a moment; when one can find the time

road-rail vehicle (vehicle which can travel both on railroad tracks and normal roads)

non-English-speaking world; non-Anglosphere

native of Osaka