Vocabulary

Japan-US Status of Forces Agreement (1960)

elephant cage; Wullenweber antenna; large circular antenna array used for radio direction finding

advisor (to the Ryukyuan King)

chieftain (of the Ryukyu Kingdom)

Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta)

legume

hesperidium

hesperidium

follicle

achene; akene; achenium

giant corn

loment; lomentum

schizocarp

simple fruit

drupe; stone fruit

simple fruit; monothalamic fruit

giant impact (theory)

selfish, self-indulgent heart

refugee status determination; refugee recognition; certification of refugee status

Attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)

to wrestle with; to contest an issue

to combine parts of two different things into a new thing; to compromise; to balance out

to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business

young (animal)

to uncoil itself

favorite; favourite; pet

to profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul; to take risks with other people's money

yes it is!; it surely is; certainly

lesser hop trefoil (Trifolium dubium); suckling clover

black medic (Medicago lupulina); black hay; black nonsuch; blackweed

black gram (Vigna mungo); black lentil

Sophora flavescens

hop trefoil (Trifolium campestre); low hop clover

tufted vetch (Vicia cracca); cow vetch

absurd; unreasonable; out of the question; preposterous

bra top

eating (something) whole

in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form

penny bun (Boletus edulis); porcino; cep