Vocabulary

troops outfitted with red armor (Sengoku and Edo periods)

fire attack; attacking and burning enemy troops, warships, provisions, etc.

pottery fired in Japan but made with Korean ingredients by Korean potters brought to Japan after the Japanese invasions of Korea

boyfriend; almost boyfriend

boyfriend

(one's) crush; (one's) love interest; person one is romantically interested in

fighting as a volunteer mercenary

Hari Raya (Islamic holidays); Eid

girl; lass; young thing; chick

nappage; apricot glaze

Hari Raya Pausa (Islamic holiday); Eid al-Fitr; Festival of Breaking the Fast

Hari Raya Haji (Islamic holiday); Eid al-Adha; Festival of the Sacrifice

ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government

vactrain; vacuum tube train

train buff; railway enthusiast; trainspotter; railfan

(back to) page top; top of page

unpaid doctor

death from prostration; death from emaciation

Kaplan turbine

double sliding window

longbow

English longbow; Welsh longbow

changing kindergartens

order (to an employee from management)

workplace discrimination against father who has taken a paternal leave

workplace discrimination against father who has taken a paternal leave

entitled parent

performance calligraphy; large-scale team calligraphy combined with music and dance

paternity; fatherhood

great war; great battle

gradation haircut; gradation cut

bow and stern

stern and bow

pipsqueak; little runt; midget; dwarf

recovery characteristics (e.g. of electrical sensor)

South Korea

K-pop; Korean pop

J-pop; Japanese pop

heat dissipation

boardwalk (e.g. over marshy ground); wooden causeway