Vocabulary

conscription ordinance; conscription law; draft

Tenpō era (742-756)

sensation; great popularity; big stir; big splash

to make contact (with); to get in touch; to enter into relations; to come to an understanding

to frolic about; to mess around

Mongolian wrestling; Mongolian sumo

war party; warmonger

generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward)

contemporary art

consultative body; advisory committee; advisory organ; advisory body

Military Service Law (1927-1945)

Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)

circum-Pacific seismic zone; circum-Pacific earthquake belt

Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP

Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP

aerodynamic

after; since

after; in (an amount of time)

after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval

after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward

after having come this far; now that we've come this far

photo contest

polished gyaru; girl or young woman adhering to a toned down version of the gyaru fashion trend

mouldy bread

ham katsu; ham cutlet; breaded cutlet containing layered slices of ham

sandwich filled with a fried cake of layered slices of ham; ham cutlet sandwich

leaving something where it is; abandoning something

food mall; restaurant area (of a department store, airport, etc.); restaurant floor

dispensary; dispensing pharmacy; pharmacist's office

tasty salt flavour (flavor)

colourful yukata (colorful)

remaining seats (on plane, bus, etc.)

large bell (at a shrine)

bamboo charcoal

carburizing; carburising; cementation

charcoal made from thin branches

cross-cut sawtooth oak charcoal (resembling chrysanthemum flowers, and used in tea ceremonies)

sawtooth oak charcoal

paper-covered frame put over a hearth or brazier to make the fire last longer

lump charcoal; lump coal