Vocabulary

automatic door-locking system (for apartments, etc.)

management familism; paternalistic management; family management style organizational philosophy

newly drawn artwork (illustrations, manga, etc.); original art; specially drawn artwork; drawing (a new work) for a specific purpose

round coin with a (square) hole in the center

big craze; boom; popular trend; huge popularity

susceptibility to infection; lack of resistance to infection

retirement benefit system; retirement system; retirement plan

state; situation; circumstances

(an) if; what-if

steamed towel; steaming hot towel

time immemorial

aeons; eons; long time

Merlion; official mascot of Singapore, depicted as a mythical creature with a lion's head and the body of a fish

alley; lane; alleyway

alphabetic, numeric, and kana (character set)

capsule hotel

moai; Okinawan-style social support group

Chuseok (Korean festival celebrated around the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar); Korean Thanksgiving

cattle prod

sadistic desires; sadistic feelings

falafel

one's mind; the bottom of one's heart; inner feelings

late-blooming chrysanthemum; late chrysanthemum

living a roaming life; wandering and settling in a foreign land

queen cell (of a beehive); royal cell

(pair of) compasses; dividers

cross-shareholdings policy

unframed painting; unframed drawing

program board (concert, theatrical production); act-announcement sheets

satipatthana; mindfulness

hypoventilation; respiratory depression

clear weather; good weather

land people; refugees fleeing overland (esp. Indochinese refugees to Thailand)

foot people; refugees fleeing on foot

price of grain

Yiddish

neo-Confucianism (developed in the Song and Ming dynasties); Song-Ming neo-Confucianism

organized religion

inn; hotel

two seasons