Vocabulary

etalon

Fabry-Perot etalon; Fabry-Perot interferometer

feasibility

six minutes

starting up (e.g. business, computer)

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT

meeting convened to discuss issues; planning conference; review meeting; feedback session; investigative commission

(coalition of) the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito

elementary and middle schools

body odour problem (odor); bromidrosis; bromhidrosis

easy money; easy gain; making a killing

forward somersault; forward roll

to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down

to be muffled; to be mumbled; to be muttered

to push (something) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude

muffled voice

standing tall; towering; soaring

backward somersault; back handspring; backflip

double-edged saw

lip-syncing; lip-synching

both knees

to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears

child's tear-stained face

to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears

face contorted and about to cry

edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road)

cross member; crosspiece

lintel (lacking the grooves needed for a sliding door)

(wooden) girder; girt

horizontal structural members (beams, girders, etc.) of a building

to be crushed; to be squashed (flat)

high window; clerestory window

to talk to oneself; to mutter

to talk to oneself; to mutter

to bow one's head; to hang one's head

refinement; elegance; grace

to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard

building; house

everyday clothes

roan (type of horse colour (color))