Vocabulary

to ask; to enquire; to inquire

to lie down; to go to bed; to go to sleep

arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

mound made in the image of Mt. Fuji

to pass; to elapse; to go by

to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight

to plant; to grow

synchronic

to answer; to reply

land owned by a Shinto shrine

land owned by a Shinto shrine

allowable difference; tolerance; leeway

Yue Chinese (language)

flamberge; sword with undulations in the blade

company-owned land

small mammal; small animal

West Australian butterflyfish (Chaetodon assarius); Assarius butterflyfish; Western butterflyfish

reconstructing (shrine, temple, etc.); altering

gore; triangular piece of fabric, used for making skirts, umbrellas, etc.

station melody; departure melody; melody sounded on a station platform just before the doors of a train are closed

God particle

Janissaries (elite infantry in the Ottoman Empire); Janissary corps

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

in-store; in store

macrocyclic; large ring

polyether

project manager

leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata, species found along the Pacific coast of North America)

apogee

stain

diameter

Indian curry

India

India

New Delhi (India)

Islamabad (Pakistan)

downgrade; downgrading

daily update; updating daily

popular theory; widely-accepted theory

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