Vocabulary

Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis)

Kinosternidae (family comprising the mud turtles and musk turtles)

rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field

miry; swampy; foundrous

to do something stupid; to do something pointless; to hit a muddy rice field with a stick

combined school (e.g. junior high and high school)

domestic violence

along the wall

treatment offered at beauty salons, etc. usually including hair care, scalp care and head massage

light touch

hair salon

lactobacillus

bacteria

hairdresser; beautician; cosmetician

approximate total (of)

Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)

tayra (Eira barbara)

zorilla (Ictonyx striatus); zoril; zorille; striped polecat; African polecat

communication skills; communication ability

white phosphorus shell

smoke grenade; smoke shell

white phosphorus

chlorosulfonic acid; chlorosulphonic acid; chlorosulfuric acid; chlorosulphuric acid

titanium tetrachloride

hexachloroethane; perchloroethanes

droplet

Malus (genus comprising the orchard apple, crabapples, etc.)

Malus spontanea (species of apple tree)

apple (Malus domestica)

Tajikistan

South Sudan

Sudan

Montenegro

gastric mucosa

gastric pits

nobleman; noblewoman; lord; master; dignitary

iron overload; hyperferremia

like that; in that manner

Japanese subsidy plan allowing refundable points when purchasing energy-efficient electric appliances, etc.

hopeless; beyond saving; (feeling) beyond help; finding no comfort