Vocabulary

non-REM sleep

Yellow Peril (argument); theory that East Asians are a danger to the Western world

car width

fatal accident; deadly accident

one's previous life

one's previous life

sea of suffering; human realm

pure land; paradise

drift car

check all that apply (question format); multiple answers allowed; CATA

single-answer question format

single-answer question format

single-answer question format

multiple-answer format; check-all-that-apply question format; CATA

multiple-answer format; check-all-that-apply question format; CATA

concocting an alibi

feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation

right-facing swastika; clockwise swastika

kleptomania

kleptomania

kleptomania

double-grave system; system of having one grave for the body and a separate one for prayers and services

burial grave; grave for the body in a two-grave system

grave for the body of a deceased person

visitation grave; memorial for prayers and services in a two-grave system

pendant containing the ashes of a deceased person

one's accumulated merit; treasure house of merit

attempting to reach enlightenment only through merit one has accumulated by oneself

alms-giving; charity

Yalta system; post-Yalta world order

Nara Buddhism; Nara-period Buddhism

ratio of job openings to job applicants

honor killing; honour killing

hot spring (or bath) which is good for the skin

hydro massage bath; bath with a massaging jet

hydro massage bath; bath with a massaging jet

tarte Tatin

business manners; business etiquette

bathing etiquette (i.e. in a public bath)

yuzu bath; hot citron bath