Vocabulary

quest (esp. in role-playing games)

club of rabble-rousing reckless-driving delinquents; biker gang; group of hot rodders; biker gang member; hot rodder

to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be preeminent

cat person

dog person

Western school; school dedicated to the study of the West and Western languages (late Edo and Meiji periods)

unbiasedness; objectivity

Germany

syllabication; syllabification; hyphenation

Ringer's solution

loden; loden green; deep olive-green colour of loden fabric

inorganic ions

lactoferrin; lactotransferrin

fibrosis

filamentous fungus

woody parts (of a plant); xylem

dirge; elegy; threnody

humectant; water retention agent

hot water (for drinking); tea

first term (e.g. of sequence); initial term

common ratio; geometric ratio

press-stud; snap button; snap fastener

apoptosis

suicide

horizontally striped shirt; border shirt

to fall victim (to); to get into the clutches (of)

service charge

local people; local residents

difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)

quick

chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle

Dardanus crassimanus (species of left-handed hermit crab)

freedom of thought

being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)

short and insufficient

best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of

mapping pen

taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.

nonparametric

lattice