Vocabulary

supernova explosion

great love; passionate affair

fishery cooperative association; fisherman's cooperative association

to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme

cisternal

supervillain; arch-villain

low-density lipoprotein; LDL

low-density lipoprotein; LDL

seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone

modest and beautiful; profound and elegant

memorial ceremony held on the 100th day of a person's death

rumination; ruminating; careful pondering

Chiroteuthis imperator (species of squid)

Chiroteuthidae (family of squids)

still image (in animation)

Western video game

Western goods; Western things; imported goods

golden age; golden era

cul-de-sac

thin strips of kombu cooked in soy sauce, etc. then dried

hourglass figure; having a good-looking, full-bodied figure (of a woman); big breasts and buttocks, tight waist

preparing food (esp. fish) by rinsing it with vinegar

micro evidence; trace elements; small things

hypervalent compound

making preparations for a divorce

to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)

traffic bureau; transportation bureau

threatening letter; intimidating letter

ultra-wideband; UWB

indecent act (esp. molestation or indecent exposure)

direct evidence

construction bureau

electric signal bell (esp. at railway crossings)

becoming employed by a government office, agency, board, etc.

Japanese-made thing; Japanese goods; Japanese style thing

small animal with soft fur

soft thing

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss

precedent; example