Vocabulary

skin where two lovers first touch

lower classes; proletariat; underclass

financial literacy

financial literacy

solidarity economy

narrowness; meanness; humbleness; lowliness

paragraph

special kana usage rules of the Nara period

PCR test; polymerase chain reaction test

nitazoxanide

master poet

cursive kanji form used as a syllabary (Heian period); ancient kana

death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)

tradesman (in the ritsuryō system)

low-caste servants of public ministries (in the ritsuryō system)

being in the middle; being impartial; standing between two things

tea (esp. picked late)

safe area (where the player is safe from enemy attacks); safe zone

bitter tea; low-quality tea

spool (of thread); reel

deafness; deaf person

deafness

live (transmission, broadcast, etc.)

Nüshu script; syllabic script derived from Chinese characters

featural script (e.g. hangul); featural writing system

Yoga Practice School; Consciousness-Only School

overlapping seasonal words; having more than one seasonal word in a haiku

observer; spectator

Yogacara (school); Yogachara

yoga master

luck in competitions; luck in gambling

destiny of the world; course of events in the world

bad luck; misfortune

customer appreciation day (retail sales day)

pirated CD, DVD, etc.; bootleg (recording)

ambigram

area; domain; territory; field; range

licensed street performer

slaves (lowest class in the ritsuryō system); bondservants

big gamble; big plunge