Vocabulary
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letter of marque
letter of marque
Afghan hound; Afghan
privateer; corsair
many people talking noisily
ulcerative lesion
cutting in line; queue jumping
stein
pumping
the three Rs (reading, writing, and arithmetic)
the five Ws and one H (who, what, when, where, why and how); 5W1H
chlorogenic acid
afternoon tea
Silver Star (US Army decoration)
Ryukyu sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis)
Ryukyuan (person)
Special Measures Law for USFJ Land Release (1952); Special Measures Law for US Military Bases (in Okinawa)
Okinawan tofu
Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands
static stiffness; static spring rate
Okinawan studies
dynamic stiffness; dynamic spring rate
1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three US servicemen stationed in Okinawa
Boston Molasses Disaster (January 15, 1919); Great Molasses Flood
most hallowed grounds (of a sacred site in Okinawa)
civil disobedience
nonviolent resistance
Rumble in the Jungle (Foreman vs. Ali boxing match, October 30, 1974); Kinshasa Miracle
hooray; whee; hot dog!; you beaut; whacko; yowzer!
pulmonary apex region; apical pulmonary region
letter of resignation; request for retirement
s (pluralizing suffix)
digital; digi-
digital single-lens reflex camera; DSLR camera
traction
falling down; lacking the energy to stand; collapsing
scrapbooking
soulful (esp. of music); having a lot of soul
wish list; wishlist
wish