Vocabulary

food and (alcoholic) drink

heavy drinker

miraculous stone; magical rock

even the gods drink sake; there's nothing wrong with drinking

strong-backed

material culture

moral culture; spiritual culture; culture born through the workings of the human mind (science, religion, philosophy, religion, art, etc.)

risk aversion; hedging; danger avoidance

confidentiality; nondisclosure

sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness

medicinal drink made from plants steeped in mirin

to correct; to touch up; to smarten up

kumis (fermented mare's milk); kumiss; koumiss

price consciousness

kumis (fermented mare or camel's milk); kumiss; koumiss

kumis (fermented mare's milk)

Julian calendar

oldest member of a group; longest-serving member

release paper; releasing paper; sticker release paper; release liner

antique market; flea market

unpatterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); unfigured; plain

patterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); figured

special city; special municipality; direct-controlled municipality

client (of a builder, etc.); person having something built or constructed

not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is

profitable; lucrative

to prove one's innocence; to clear oneself of a false accusation

brawl outside the stadium; fighting outside ring (wrestling); ring-side battle

wildlife growth area; natural habitat

sake; Japanese rice wine

National Center Test for University Admissions

semi-detached house; double house

faster-than-light speed; super luminal speed

early-Meiji administrative unit for Hokkaido (1869-1882)

part of the shrine dedication ceremony at the Hachiman shrine in Yoshitomi, where articulated wooden dolls enact a sumo bout

must-eat

public holiday

rank and social status (e.g. in the imperial family)

golden goal; sudden death playoff

carrying out (a religious festival or ceremony)