Vocabulary

to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate

casual wear; ordinary clothes; everyday clothes; home wear

government shutdown

deep-fried bread (usu. topped with sugar or roasted soybean flour)

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

different magazine (esp. by a different publisher); another magazine

medicated bath

to neglect; to overlook

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office building

disguised contracting; fake subcontract; hiring a temporary employee and paying for the completion of the work rather than the work itself, thereby avoiding have to pay benefits

ambivalent

gracefully; affectedly; mincingly

little theater; small theater

looking forward to; anticipating

huge rock; massive boulder

lunar rover; Moon rover

lunar rover; Moon buggy

to gain experience; to get accustomed (with something)

one or two; a few; small number

gym friend; gym buddy

fitness club; gym; fitness center

kindred soul; congenial friend

inseparable friendship

inseparable friend; sworn friend

chalcogen

periodic table of elements

oxygen family element; chalcogen

(induced) oxygenation; treatment with oxygen

livermorium (Lv)

flerovium (Fl)

copernicium (Cn)

feeling of vitality; sense of being alive

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry

Minister of Agriculture and Commerce

to hide; to lie motionless in hiding

bite-sized cutlet

arriving at the present; present-day

pregnancy discrimination; workplace discrimination against pregnant women; dismissing an employee because they are pregnant

financier; investor

pregnancy discrimination; workplace discrimination against pregnant women; dismissing an employee because they are pregnant