Vocabulary

must-have; indispensable item; necessities

must-listen

definiteness; certainty

exclusive breastfeeding; EBF

exclusive breastfeeding; feeding a baby only breast milk

transient ischemic attack; TIA

entomophagy; insect eating

secret bank account; secret account

just person; man of justice; righteous person; upright person

book stand

grandma; grandmother

grandpa; grampa; gramps; grandfather

drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol); drink; drinking party

one gourd

adult acne

northern Japan (usu. referring to Tōhoku and Hokkaido)

southern Japan (usu. referring to Kyushu and southwards)

Japan

big thanks; great gratitude

toilet drain outlet

to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)

deputy manager; acting manager; acting section chief

chemo; chemotherapy

foreign policy; diplomatic affairs

(legally) incorporated educational institution

animal trapping; hunting with traps

Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market yen exchange rate

you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)

divine blessing

golden dragon

tall tower; large tower

system by which hitting a certain jackpot increases the probability of hitting the next jackpot (on prepaid card pachinko machines)

domestic uses

base; substrate

flowers planted together

photosensitive emulsion

photosensitization

stimulus threshold; stimulus limen

difference threshold; differential limen

just-noticeable difference; jnd