Vocabulary

high-speed craft; high-speed vessel; fast ferry

hydrofoil

marine life; marine organism

putting (a person deemed especially dangerous) on the nationwide wanted list; issuing a nationwide arrest warrant for a dangerous suspect or criminal

to give a broad grin; to smirk

target area (e.g. archery); range (e.g. rifle, firing)

ramekin

economic ideology; (school of) economic thought

comparative advantage

absolute advantage

international division of labor; international division of labour; international specialization

fixed exchange rates; pegged rate of exchange; fixed rate

fixed exchange rate system

abundance

broiled eel on rice with green tea poured on top

automata

medium-term management plan; mid-term business plan

retirement at the suggestion of one's employer

bisphenol A; BPA

bisphenol

fire blight (tree disease, esp. apple, nashi, etc.); fireblight

cooked and dry packed rice (modern version of hoshii rice); processed quick-cooking rice

rice exchange

commodity exchange

rice bought and sold on a rice exchange

portlet

tick (in share trading)

adult blog; porn blog

designated driver (e.g. at party, dinner, etc.)

turning a film, novel, etc. into a manga

person who has not developed emotional maturity; young person who does not want to become an adult

(we accept) no complaints and no returns

concentric

bedcover; bedspread

All-Campus Joint Struggle League; student group active at universities throughout Japan between 1968 and 1969

All-Campus Joint Struggle League; student group active at universities throughout Japan between 1968 and 1969

skin color; skin colour; flesh color; flesh colour

rhythmically (beating, e.g. gong)

parlante; (sung) in a speaking style

parlando; (sung) in a speaking style