Vocabulary

a short while ago

a tempo

catch up with and overtake; pass after catching up with

every last one; one and all; from A to Z

from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly

good morning

home-and-away

in vitro

in vivo

miss-and-out race (track cycling); elimination race

poor control (pitcher); no control

to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing

touch-and-go (landing)

bombardier beetle (esp. species Pheropsophus jessoensis)

fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea)

shilling

Luzula capitata (species of woodrush)

celery-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus); cursed buttercup

flush valve

(Okinawa) sacred site; sacred grove

ham sandwich

Town Page (NTT yellow pages)

common mushroom (Agaricus bisporus)

frogfish (any fish of family Antennariidae, esp. the striated frogfish, Antennarius striatus)

signifier

existing in opposition or interdependence

absoluteness; incomparability; supremacy

tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)

parchment

The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; JCCI

foot-pound

Chiyou (Chinese god of war)

Sunday (esp. as the sabbath in early Japanese Christianity)

royal government (esp. Ryukyu Kingdom)

bombardier beetle (esp. species Pheropsophus jessoensis)

large, high mountain

dideoxyinosine; didanosine; DDI; ddI

biosafety level; BSL

miso ball

gas oil