Vocabulary

public university

face-to-face lesson; face-to-face class

founding member (of a music group, etc.); initial member

(male) columnist

buying a book, magazine because of its cover

airport slot; takeoff and landing slots; departure and arrival slots

moving average (line)

unbleached cotton cloth

getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow

founding member (of a music group, etc.); initial member

first spring thunderstorm of the year

grilled eggplant; fried eggplant

long shot

keeping a bird as a pet; aviculture; person who keeps a bird as a pet; aviculturist; bird breeder

go player

dan-ranked go player

Polemonium kiushianum (species of Jacob's ladder)

Polemonium caeruleum subsp. yezoense var. nipponicum (variety of Jacob's ladder)

large chorus

flower that is said to cause rain if picked (convolvulus, etc.)

excess deaths; excess mortality

excess mortality rate; mortality displacement

main account (on social media, etc.); principal account; real-name account

main account (on social media, etc.); principal account; real-name account

(showing) no reaction; non-reaction; straight face

main account (on social media, etc.); principal account

main account (on social media, etc.); principal account

Ōtsu-e; Edo-period folk art genre of painting originating in Ōtsu

autonomy

carrying (someone) on one's back (esp. a child); piggyback ride

opposition

culvert

campanula; bellflower

gantry

quenching

cravat

creeper (child not yet walking)

chromium (Cr)

quad

theory of ideas; Platonic idealism