Vocabulary

to tie together

to be tied together; to be fastened

to be constipated

image sensor

Xbox fanboy; Xbox fangirl

Songun; military-first policy of North Korea

Arduous March; North Korean famine of the late 1990s

Northern Limit Line; North Limit Line; NLL; demarcation line in the Yellow Sea between North Korea and South Korea

Bombardment of Yeonpyeong (November 23, 2010)

seacoast artillery

sporting circles; sporting world; sportsdom; world of sports

Igbo (language); Ibo

rolled Japanese-style omelette

kunzite

jadeite

nephrite

percutaneous; transcutaneous

percutaneous

dermal toxicity; percutaneous toxicity

percutaneous infection

economic geography

current account

oral glucose tolerance test; OGTT

local newspaper

space debris; space junk

radioactive waste; nuclear waste

combustible waste; burnable rubbish

domestic waste; general waste; non-industrial waste

night attack

seven styles of tea ceremonies

bearded

right to know; right to access information

sacred wooden pole used in traditional Koshōgatsu ceremonies

traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree

crime syndicate; criminal syndicate

newly-wed bride

traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit with a sacred wooden pole on the rump to ensure her fertility

to become empty; to be emptied

traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility

traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility