Vocabulary

dancer

to be flustered

revelry; tumultuous party; wild party; uproarious banquet

ocean quahog (Arctica islandica)

overhand grip

return of the Emperor (from a visit)

to interrupt (a story, etc.)

Di people (Zhou dynasty term for non-ethnic Chinese to the north)

marine pollution; oceanic pollution; sea pollution

waist; girth; measurement around waist

serum; (cosmetic) lotion

advocate; proponent; supporter

chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; paymaster

to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out

The Treaty of Amity and Commerce (July 29, 1858); Japan-US Friendship and Trade Treaty

Chinese noodles

ferrofluid; magnetic fluid; magnetorheological fluid

to knock down

electronic locator; metal detector

masturbation

debt-servicing costs; expenditure for servicing government bonds

debt redemption

castle magically created by the Buddha

pao cai; pow tsai; pickled vegetable, usu. cabbage, found in Szechuan cuisine

natural disaster reduction; reduction of the effects of a natural disaster

rough cut

statuette; figurine

charcoal grilling; char-grilling

sniper

scrape-scrape; with a scraping sound

client

incense which supposedly allows the spirit of a departed loved one to be seen in the smoke

to come within sight

by the end of this month; before the month is out; in the course of this month

by the end of this year; before the year comes to a close; during this year

two grains; two drops; two bead

special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

powder; finely crushed substance; fines

gravity

manly spirit; soul of a samurai