Vocabulary

Lockheed bribery scandal (uncovered in 1976)

construction state; civil engineering state; country dominated by the construction industry

sign (e.g. roadside, in park, etc.)

to limp; to drag one's feet

check pattern; checked pattern; checkered pattern; plaid; lattice design

Nippon Kempo; Nihon Kempo; Japanese martial art

softness; gentleness; weakness

friend request (e.g. on a social network)

Tōka Ebisu; festival held on January 10 in honor of Ebisu, the god of fishing and commerce

by any standard; (not) even as flattery

to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight

herpetologist

herpetology

pruning (e.g. decision tree)

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

just now; right now; at this moment

to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)

to think something is delicious; to think something is scrumptious

social media

social media harassment; harassment via social media

social media harassment; harassment via social media

jet (gemstone)

lock-opening; lock-picking

carrying voice; well-projected voice

graveled; gravel-covered

bright yellow

white pig

insulting; offensive

reverse discrimination

wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected

inattentive driving

reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)

wild boar and domestic pig hybrid; boar-pig hybrid

black Iberian pig

salted pork; ham

sire pig; boar

pig; pork

swine erysipelas

pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)

veal