Vocabulary

control line (e.g. model aircraft)

heat resistance

kiss cut (e.g. on a sticker); half cut

small lot (manufacture, etc.)

medium lot (manufacture)

large lot (manufacture); big lot

Mie (prefecture)

golden waxcap mushroom (Hygrocybe chlorophana)

deboss; debossing

congestion caused by a traffic accident

Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture)

Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)

Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)

Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)

Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)

Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)

Rikuzen (former province located in parts of present-day Miyagi and Iwate prefectures)

Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

Bitchū (former province located in the west of present-day Okayama Prefecture)

Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)

Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)

Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)

Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)

Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)

Oki (former province located on Oki Island in present-day Shimane Prefecture)

Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)

Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)

Chikugo (former province located in the south of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)

Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)

Iwami (former province located in the west of present-day Shimane Prefecture)

Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)

collection of (famous) quotes; collection of sayings; analects

conservative mainstream (in Japan assoc. with LDP faction of Shigeru Yoshida)

French popular music; French pop

crisper (e.g. in refrigerator); vegetable drawer; produce compartment

dad; daddy; papa; father

mom; mommy; mama; mother

Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture)