Vocabulary

soldering iron; hot iron

regimental soldier

former king; late king

expeditionary force

next in line; heir

(Royal) light cavalry

countess

queen

Her Majesty the Queen

four divine beasts; guardian deities of the four cardinal points

maglev train

superconducting maglev train

non-superconducting maglev train

to get warm; to become warm

to writhe (in pain)

to wriggle

great and splendid land; excellent location; splendid place

protection against drops of water

bikini model (usually teenage); pin-up girl

long (esp. of photographic film); lengthy

thick spray-on coating for walls

abstention

myrrh

multilateral; multi-party

accumulated loss

accumulated loss

hesitation; indecision

grocery; grocer's shop

bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt

bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt

Apollo (god)

ankylosaurus

izuna; pipe fox; fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses

Uighur (Turkic ethnic group); Uyghur; Uigur; Uygur

steam locomotive

Yama; judge of the afterlife

capsule-toy vending machine; machine-vended capsule toy

Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo)

kung fu

kalbi; Korean-style marinated barbecued ribs