Vocabulary

salt flat; salt pan

apathy; indifference; listlessness; dullness

leafy vegetables; green vegetables

CHAdeMO (electric vehicle charging system)

running out of electricity (esp. an electric vehicle); having an empty battery

dogecoin (cryptocurrency); DOGE

full charge (battery, condenser)

electric bicycle; e-bike

battery-assisted bicycle; electric bicycle; e-bike

tailings dam

foraging; feeding

full charge (battery, condenser)

recharging

fully vaccinated person

fusuma paper; paper pasted over a fusuma (similar to wallpaper)

Zeppelin (airship)

finishing reading; reading to the end

old man

(spoken) epilogue; final words (following the main event)

Havana syndrome (unexplained symptoms experienced by American embassy staff)

one country, two systems (Chinese policy)

broadband

old man; (old) geezer

father

being in tune (with each other); being on the same wavelength; understanding each other

auto-repair shop; service station; garage

newcomer showing great promise; bright new talent

purple rock cress (Aubrietia deltoidea)

Pyropia tenera (species of edible seaweed)

red algae; Rhodophyta

scarcity of goods; being out of stock

quality check; quality inspection

jūten tofu; (silken) tofu formed directly in its own packaging

firm tofu; hard tofu

soft, unpressed tofu

soft, unpressed tofu

street drinking; drinking in the streets; public drinking

person who attends meetups or uses social media to proposition people for sex

natural bridge; natural arch

utagoe coffeehouse; sing-along tearoom; coffee shop in which customers can sing in chorus accompanied by a band