Vocabulary

secret swordsmanship (of a specific school); secret traditions of fencing

fleshiness; plumpness

planetarium

fence; bulwark; guarding wall

Japanese Industrial Standards; JIS

Tanka people (of southern China)

mountain villages and neighbouring agricultural, forest, etc. areas

mountain village (region)

ejection (of spent shell casings)

carriageway marking; lane marker; compartment line; division line

noisy voices

lower side; lower edge; lower border; lower hem

revival house; repertory cinema; theater showing classic films

quality control; QC

organized crime

table tennis table; ping-pong table

sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting, with a rectangular blade

total quality control; TQC

jury mast

consumption of goods (as opposed to services)

consumption of services (as opposed to goods); buying experiences

inbetween (in animation); inbetweening; tween; tweening

domoic acid

pull-back spring (toy cars, etc.)

cue card (television, etc.)

last play (go, othello); last move

small-business lender; firm that makes short-term loans to small and medium-sized businesses; shōkō lender

small pieces of stone used to make terrazzo, etc.

American armhole

route map

free move (othello)

waiting move

traditional Japanese flyfishing

BlackLine

a1-h8 diagonal (othello)

prospects of a country; outlook for a country; national fate

imperial policy

syncretism

various religions; various teachings

gold paper; gold cloth; ground of gold (e.g. on folding screen)