Vocabulary

it cannot be helped; there is no other way

unclear point; unclear points

ook; ook-ook

miso eaten as it is; neat miso as an accompaniment

air-damper (e.g. in chimney)

café au lait

fortis

lenis

Old Norse

Norse (language); Nordic languages (Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish); North Germanic languages

otebo bean (var. of Phaseolus vulgaris)

Japan Revolutionary Communist League-National Committee; JRCL; Middle Core Faction; Japanese far-left revolutionary group

Tswana (language); Setswana

summer and winter

equatorial countercurrent

countercurrent

ruff; ruffled collar; ruffed collar

Yorkshire pudding

(Japanese) postal symbol

rustler; cattle thief

rustler; cattle thief

ilmenite

irritating; troublesome

invalid diet; diet for the sick; diet for patients

tape transcription; transcribing from recorded tape; audio-typing

mochikinchaku; glutinous rice in a pouch of fried tofu, used in oden

last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier

change; alteration; modification

bomb cyclone; explosive low-pressure system

odd couple; incongruous couple

psyllium (seed husks of certain plantains used in nutritional supplements)

Shiva (Hindu god); Siva

take a chance; go for broke; nothing ventured, nothing gained

to board an airplane; to get on an airplane

shabby; mean; sorry; dingy

treacle

chemical light; glow stick; light stick

lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life

furious facial expression

to use Febreze