Vocabulary

lesser great leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros turpis); lesser roundleaf bat; lesser leaf-nosed bat

Endoclita sinensis (species of moth)

Japanese short-tailed bat (Eptesicus japonensis)

Hodgson's bat (Myotis formosus); Bartel's myotis

Ussuri tube-nosed bat (Murina ussuriensis)

Japanese noctule (Nyctalus furvus)

Shinano whiskered bat (Myotis ikonnikovi hosonoi); Hosono's myotis

vampire bat (Desmodontinae spp.)

Asian barbastelle (Barbastella leucomelas); eastern barbastelle

tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimeninae spp., esp. the common tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene albiventer)

Asian particolored bat (Vespertilio sinensis)

vesper bat (Vespertilionidae spp., esp. the Asian particolored bat, Vespertilio sinensis); evening bat; common bat

capable or not, we are all in the same boat; bats are also birds

homology

chiropterans (i.e. bats)

law reports; casebook

advance reservation

swim briefs; Speedos

four-on-the-floor; four-to-the-floor

to rip up (a seam); to burst; to tear; to break out (e.g. into a smile)

to allow; to let (someone) do; to make (someone) do

paint roller

caltrop (Tribulus terrestris); cat's head; devil's thorn; devil's weed; goathead; land caltrop

water caltrop (Trapa natans); water chestnut; caltrop

apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear

(outdoor) music festival

(outdoor) music festival

ridge of a cliff; rock ridge

window seat

third son

to be away from home; to be out of the house

runaway (esp. child)

Rhododendron mucronulatum var. ciliatum (variety of azalea)

safety glasses (esp. more fashionable models used in public for protection against pollen, UV rays, etc.)

to mutually shine on (each other)

upper class

to chill one's bones (e.g. because of cold, pain, etc.); to be very cold; to be scathing

apprenticeship

indicates emphasis, intention, etc.

galactorrhea