Vocabulary

battle royale (genre)

road for emergency vehicles; road that may be closed to non-emergency vehicles; emergency road (official translation)

armadillo girdled lizard (Ouroborus cataphractus); armadillo lizard; golden armadillo lizard; armadillo spiny-tailed lizard

heteronym

travel bubble (zone allowing quarantine-free travel); travel corridor

domino effect

orecchiette (pasta)

stress-related disease

sperm test; semen analysis; seminogram

sperm morphology (ratio)

sperm concentration

ejaculate volume; semen volume

Hyogo (prefecture)

putting a prefecture on the map (e.g. as a tourist destination); promotion of a prefecture

meeting by chance; running into; coming upon; encounter

stress disorder

guardian; custodian

plastic sheet at checkouts to prevent droplet infection (of COVID-19)

compatibility mode

diagonally upward

Maesa japonica (species of flowering plant)

jigs and tools

methylation

unexpected comeback

washtub for horses; horse tub

the three guardian deities in time of war (Marici, Mahakala and Vaisravana)

resistance to heat

cold resistance

ame-shobo; vulgar dance performed by Tokyo geisha apprentices

victory celebration party; victory banquet

mole near the mouth; beauty mark

rear lifting body slam

the three deities (Marici, Mahakala, Sarasvati)

stopping in one's tracks; standing still

virtual happy hour

adhesive paper; sticker paper

Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)

Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures)

Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)