Vocabulary

that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that

to fall; to drop

deep-fried mochi (Heian period)

hitting all the targets (archery)

steamed rice as an offering to a god

female genital area

litotes (figure of speech); meiosis

schmaltz; schmalz; rendered chicken, goose, or pork fat used for frying, etc.

sandy beach; sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form

pastry made of dough pulled into various shapes and fried

well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good

knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things

cosmic distance ladder; cosmological distance ladder

standard candle; standard light source

hot atom chemistry

recoil atom

udon soup containing deep-fried beef offal

fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands, musicians, etc.

to explain in an easy-to-understand manner

very; extremely

welcome and sending off party

chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach)

traditional horse-racing; originally two horses head-to-head or ten at a time, esp. May 5 event at Kamigamo shrine

(Japanese) lacquer art

judo; jujutsu

silk or leather container for paper handkerchiefs, medicine, toothpicks, etc.

palatal

uvular; uvular consonant

dorsal; dorsal consonant

International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA

International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA

International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA

coronal; coronal consonant

labiodental; labiodental consonant

place of articulation; region of articulation; point of articulation

retroflex; retroflex consonant; retroflex sound

voiceless retroflex plosive

sibilant; sibilant consonant

strong sake; firewater; rotgut

to kick back (ball, person, etc.)