Vocabulary

writing system using unconventional characters and symbols, esp. used by young women in texting

titration

defenestration (throwing something or someone out the window)

oculomotor nerve

urgent phone call; emergency phone call

Tibetan mastiff (dog breed)

English mastiff (dog breed)

holy water

reference (e.g. for a job)

unable to take (thermally) hot food; have a tongue too sensitive to heat

exercise regime to convert breech presentation; trying to correct an unborn child's improper position so that the head comes out first

identification key; taxonomic key

incense

sweet-smelling wood

one form (of); a form of

things left undone

forger

home remedy; medical treatment by a layperson

pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter; rotated grazing

poetic style typical of Man'yōshū

tubular nectary; spur

air of seniority; patronizing attitude

sepal

alternation (in phyllotaxis); alternate arrangement

hospitality; reception; treatment; service; entertainment

ringtone

elevator landing; elevator hall

drying a futon (by hanging it outside in the sun)

watering (plants)

playing with dirt

making things out of dirt (for fun)

(separate) house; detached house

great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind

interaction with one's neighbors; relationship with one's neighbors

regime

regime change

neoliberalism

neoconservatism

unilateralism

international order