Vocabulary

in-car announcement (on a train); PA system on a train

announcement calling for someone (e.g. "would XX please come to the ticket counter")

guest lecturer; guest teacher; visiting lecturer

New Year's greetings

athlete's oath of fair play

assembly room; assembly hall; meeting room; community room

muddy road

responsibility-taking system; taking responsibility

international cargo

female professional; mistress (in a field)

operational risk; operating risk

literacy education

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas

live broiling of shellfish

Internet community

apophasis

apophasis

bridle made from knotted rope or leather

tassel; fringe

apophysis; apophyses

inner lid

Yamaraja (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead)

benevolent deities who protect the dharma

twelve devas (esp. of the Shingon sect)

Yama (as protector deity of the south in esoteric Buddhism)

outer lid

Yama's pole (with a human head on the top)

displaying utensils after tea ceremony

to come to one's notice

to take by surprise; to startle; to shock

spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl

second play on the program

second play on the program

Edo-style kabuki

kabuki in the Kyoto-Osaka style

Edo-style kabuki

kabuki in the Kyoto-Osaka style

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

little owl (Athene noctua)

northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula)