Vocabulary

masked hypertension

underlying disease; primary illness; underlying condition

healthy life expectancy; healthy life years

coronary artery bypass surgery; coronary artery bypass graft surgery; coronary artery bypass grafting; heart bypass; bypass surgery

being off guard; being defenseless

tough cuts and fat trimmings (used for minced meat, etc.)

homosexual sex

Jew

woman who travels to holiday resorts to have short flings with locals

Jewish lobby; Israel lobby

deciduous shrub

tea-of-heaven (Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. serrata); mountain hydrangea

canned cat food; tin of cat food

beginning; inception

sideways

sideways

person who is ...; thing that is ...

general bonded zone (esp. in trade with China)

mythical Japanese hominid (similar to yeti or Bigfoot)

regulation of freedom of speech

getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings

repeating a course; taking a course again

food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land

tea-of-heaven (Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. serrata); mountain hydrangea

comprehensive bonded area; general bonded area

cost-effectiveness; price-performance ratio

lender of last resort

shore of a pond; pond bank

thin, soft membrane inside the tip of a bamboo culm; silky inner covering at the tip of a bamboo shoot

ultra-fine rasp; ultra-fine file

bamboo shoot

shady online money-making

making something difficult to find via a search engine

male who likes comics depicting male homosexual love (usually targeted to women)

man who likes comics depicting male homosexual love (usually targeted to women)

panoramic viewing platform

perfect woman; woman other women aspire to be like

that's impossible; I can't believe it

sociolect spoken in the Tokyo area by gyaru

sociolect; social dialect