Vocabulary

South American hemorrhagic fevers

estate (Latin America); hacienda

navel orange

baião (Brazilian music style)

bass drum

real (currency of Brazil)

redress

Japanese company active abroad; company partly funded by Japanese nationals

cavaquinho; small four-stringed guitar

altiplano

key performer; last performer of the day

instanton

excimer

excimer laser

enantio-

enantiotopic

enantiotropy

enantiomer

carbene

gas laser

quinolone

chiral

glycocalyx

coagulase

giant stag beetle (Dorcus hopei)

greatest hits album; best of album

tap out; submission

konnyaku cut into fine threads; konjac noodles

deep draining basket (esp. for noodles)

inflecting dependent word

case-marking particle

pre-noun adjectival; adnominal adjective

binding particle

sentence-ending particle (e.g. "ka", "na", "yo", "kashira")

ku classical inflection form of i-adjectives

shiku classical inflection form of i-adjectives

private tutor; in-home tutor

joint sponsorship (of a bill, etc.); joint submission

match in which one side deliberately underperforms (e.g. losing in order to face a favourable opponent in the next round)

public good; public profit