Vocabulary

British India; British Raj

Dutch East Indies

Dutch East Indies

Dutch East Indies

East Indies

gas appliance

reeling in a lure (fishing); retrieving

amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force

traditional Japanese wedding ceremony (usu. at a shrine or temple)

otokogata; male role in kabuki; kabuki actor who specializes in male roles

general property; ordinary property

pleasure boat; pleasure craft

coliform (bacteria) count; total coliform

most probable number; MPN

angle of repose

employment adjustment subsidy; subsidy to help defray layoff costs

betrothal money given from man to woman

envelope containing betrothal money and given as part of a betrothal gift

son of a bitch; piece of shit

price war; cutthroat competition

self-affirmation; self-approval

Ideonella sakaiensis (plastic-eating bacterium)

moulting season; molting season

average-quality article

high-quality article

top-quality article

imperial subject

mainland dialects (of Japanese, as opposed to the Ryukyu languages)

Japan proper (sometimes excluding the Ryukyu islands and other remote islands); mainland Japan

staged wedding photographs; photo-only wedding; having wedding photography taken without holding an actual wedding

staged wedding photographs; photo-only wedding; having wedding photography taken without holding an actual wedding

thyratron

ignitron

semiconductor device

release from suspension (of a newspaper, magazine, etc.; Meiji period); removal of suspension

black university (e.g. in the US); black college

konbu as a betrothal gift (representing fertility and having healthy children)

Washington, DC

stage show featuring superhero characters from tokusatsu films and TV series

storeroom (attached to a house)