Vocabulary

being battlewise; being skilled in battle; experienced warrior

nine-dash line (demarcation line of China's territorial claims in the South China sea); nine-dotted line

inland sea; epicontinental sea; epeiric sea; marginal sea

spider that appears in the morning (said to be good luck)

nurses' station

fieldwork; on-the-job training; hands-on training

morning clouds

(talent) scout; recruiter; headhunter

gabion; cage filled with stones

tropical wet and dry climate; tropical savannah climate

ice cap climate; snow and ice climate; frost climate; nival climate

humid continental climate

catching fire (from a neighbouring house on fire)

special education; special-needs education

veganism

vegan; strict vegetarian

capital appreciation; capital gain

remargin; remargining

after tax income amount; net income amount

interviewee

excuse

denationalization (industry, company, etc.)

goods made with special paper or paper ingredients

merry voices (e.g. of children playing)

overtime

gourmet burger; gourmet hamburger

stablehand; groom

special needs school; special support school

parrying

errand runner

public hospital; government hospital; municipal hospital

prehospital care (e.g. first-aid)

mountain clouds

storage pit (esp. Jomon to Yayoi periods)

tunnel tomb (Kofun period)

cluster of Kofun-period graves

the seven orifices of the head (eyes, nostrils, ear canals, mouth)

drag racer

special needs

cornered animal; wounded boar