Vocabulary

idiolect

twin talk; twin speech; cryptophasia; idioglossia

old people's talk; sociolect of the elderly; dated language

sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (esp. used by homosexual men)

elder sister

secret language used in the postwar Showa period where certain words are read backwards

Mongolian people

Mongolian people

five races under one union (Han, Manchurians, Mongolians, Hui, Tibetans; founding principle of the Republic of China)

loose-fitting white socks (worn by schoolgirls); baggy socks

celebrity or comedian (usu. male) taking on an effeminate role (through mannerisms, way of speaking, etc.)

acrolect

subdialect

basilect

tiger fur

endocarp

total lie; big lie; complete lie

suede; leather using the underside of the skin

cherry tree inner bark

hard shell of a nut, etc.

sensory epithelium; neuroepithelium

tachibana peel (oft. minced and used as a spice)

black-dyed leather

dog skin; dog hide; dog fur

carapace; shell; crust

rhinoceros hide

snake skin

Thelephorales; order of fungi

Thelephoraceae (family of fungi)

silky inner covering at the tip of a bamboo shoot

web crawler; spider

web crawler; spider

cherry bark work; cherry bark art

Chinese lacquerware technique resulting in a mottled finish

Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara)

marriage by abduction; marriage by capture; bride kidnapping

in-home separation; quasi-divorce; marriage that has broken down but where the wife and husband still live together without getting a divorce

marriage in which the couple live apart and occasionally visit each other

commuter marriage

group marriage