Vocabulary

State Minister in Charge of Science and Technology Policy

second cousin

second cousin

(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly

you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; we're all fools, so let's dance

paper cup

having lunch in a toilet cubicle by oneself

bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess

freshly grated (e.g. daikon)

smoking

exponent

trolling

rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine

New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction

second cousin

second cousin

third cousin

first cousin once removed

parallel cousins; ortho-cousins

haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

culture of everyday life

to balance the accounts

Rhododenol; skin-whitening agent that may cause vitiligo-like symptoms

(doing nothing but) eating and sleeping; living idly

number two

farewell poem; death poem; poem written during one's final moments

fashionista

to be (something) very much; to be an extreme (something)

inspector; observer; member of an inspection team

kabuki syndrome; kabuki makeup syndrome

big-footed myotis (Myotis macrodactylus); eastern long-fingered bat; Japanese large-footed bat

bat (animal)

bat (animal)

Parasenecio adenostyloides (species of daisy)

Imaizumi's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus imaizumii); Iriomote horseshoe bat

Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus); greater Indian fruit bat

fisherman bat (Noctilionidae spp.); bulldog bat

brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus); common long-eared bat; brown big-eared bat

epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus spp.)

fraternal myotis (Myotis frater); long-tailed whiskered bat