Vocabulary

high praise; hearty applause; cordial commendation; special reward; grand prize

addiction to Western things

piling up highly; becoming a large pile

Western affectations; excessively westernized person; wannabe Westerner

brave figure; valiant figure; heroic figure; gallant figure

ripples made by fish (on the water's surface)

area for washing one's hands and face; washroom; bathroom

presolar grain

nostalgic person; person who prefers the good old days; fuddy-duddy

studying the past; researching history

sole girl in a group of geeks

low class citizen

sex worker (at a soapland)

director of photography; cinematographer

badminton club

appearing for the first time (esp. vocabulary, kanji, etc. in a school textbook)

Workers' Party

dog held at an animal shelter or rescue centre; rescue dog

gaming disorder; out-of-control obsession with gaming

ocean surveillance ship

head of a branch; branch office manager; bureau chief

reunion day (esp. for university alumni, staff, etc.); homecoming day

misleading (someone); misdirecting; leading astray; manipulation (e.g. of public opinion)

the sick and wounded

military branch

space force

(artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp

protoplanetary disk

military police

militiaman

palpebral nerve; palpebral entropion; entropion of the eyelids

member of the lower house

school student who has returned to Japan after living abroad

ahegao; exaggerated facial expression (esp. of females) during sex, usu. with crossed or rolled eyes and a protruding tongue

area studies

indisposition; ailment; slight illness

creation and use of a virtual female avatar

a hundred lashes; a hundred strokes

land-locked prefecture

Gunma prefecture