Vocabulary

sergeant (JGSDF); sergeant second class

pure gold

dry weight (of a vehicle, food, etc.)

curb weight; kerb weight

gross vehicle weight; gross vehicle mass

vehicle weight; car weight

geographical pole

north magnetic pole

sulfapyridine

orthodontics

lieutenant colonel (JGSDF)

private (JGSDF); private second class

first lieutenant (JGSDF)

sergeant first class (JGSDF)

lottery wheel

concrete poetry

concretism (art movement)

tengujo (thin washi); tengucho

Tanagra figurine

glass pen

mingeishi (type of washi)

Japanese barracuda (Sphyraena japonica)

great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda)

sales skills; marketing power; sales strength; sales expertise

tripeptide

when; at what moment

character sketch; comments on personalities; commentary

carrying out of rules; enforcing the law; execution

equanimity; upeksa; upekkha

renunciation; self-abnegation

housewife demographic; housewives

post-impressionism

being neglected by the world; being denied one's deserved recognition and status

round peg in a square hole

somersault; tumble; roll

Oriental studies (esp. study of the Middle East); Near Eastern studies

criminal sociology

man who practises cunnilingus

ordoliberalism

ordoliberalism