Vocabulary

start of deployment

equipment selection work

pangram; holo-alphabetic sentence

iroha poem

rice crackers for feeding the deer (in Nara)

consumer

rough man; rude man

splitting the bill

physical disability; handicap

squint eye; cross-eye; strabismus

Pele's tears (tearlike drops of volcanic glass)

fierce

lifting and recovery (e.g. in marine salvage)

to try to do; to attempt to do

pilgrim; nomad; itinerant

authority of prosecution; authority to indict

freelance journalist

residue left after making starch syrup

international trade; foreign trade; overseas trade

Shorin-ryu; Okinawa school of karate

around ...; or so

embroidered satin baseball jacket; embroidered satin college jacket

research and teaching centre (center)

hunting ground

Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate

hair

bioluminescent organ; photophore

resilience

presence (of a god, emperor, etc.)

to take the law into one's own hands

comics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women; BL

van or truck with a display, retail, etc. facility; mobile showroom

Fer (wine grape variety)

to destroy a relationship

fallacy; conjecture

biennial

triennial

quadrennial; recurring every four years; lasting four years

quinquennial; recurring every five years

sexennial; recurring every six years