Vocabulary

tea flavoured with jam

paying in monthly installments (instalments); monthly payments

appropriate move (go, shogi, othello, etc.)

neophilia; love of new or novel things; one who loves new or novel things

failure; futility; uselessness; no good

lamb's-ear (Stachys byzantina)

lamb's-ear (Stachys byzantina)

postal delivery zone; postal zone

animal protection

vanishing from sight (usu. via magic, camouflage. etc.); disappearing; hiding

set-up box; rigid box of paper-coated cardboard

reason for arrest

wood-free paper; woodfree paper; fine paper; free sheet paper

drunken interaction (usu. unpleasant)

sleeper hold; chokehold from behind

school inter-class ball-game competition

striking technique

submission (wrestling, judo, etc.)

side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore

neighbourhood; vicinity; nearby

strong, independent woman; woman with imposing manner and behaviour

parfait eaten at the end of a meal

traffic jams at the end of a (multi-day) holiday caused by returning vacation-goers

warming up (food) in a microwave

(professional) interpreter

non-Japanese person who has adopted a Japanese lifestyle

small drink; small amount of alcohol

Mu (legendary lost continent)

disabling; invalidation; nullification; override; voiding; circumvention

brut; sweetness designation of a dry sparkling wine

intermittent river; intermittent stream

dried-up river; wadi; dry arroyo

perennial river; perennial stream; permanent river

dry river; wadi; arroyo

sushi

machine sewing; sewing by machine

pecten; comb plate

safety reflector; reflector; reflective material

barking over nothing (of a dog); barking at passers-by or visitors

long howl (of a dog, etc.)