Vocabulary

pulmonary respiration

branchial respiration

introduced species; non-native species; alien species

surgery costs (fees)

homeless people (living on the street)

restoration of public order

steel maker; steel manufacturer

complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster

human psychology

total cost

castration complex

Ajase complex (feelings of guilt towards one's mother)

character type; personality type

adjustment mechanism

shadow cast by Mount Fuji; image of Mount Fuji as reflected in a lake, etc.

cap cloud (cloud shaped like an Asian bamboo hat that forms at the peak of a tall mountain)

roll cloud; rotor cloud

aggression; warmongering

Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)

foul play; cheating

female emperor (of Japan)

parhelion; sun dog; sundog

paraselene; moon dog; moondog (bright spot on either side of the Moon caused by refraction of moonlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere)

technical score (in figure skating, etc.)

fund-raising activities

the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace

Imperial New Year's Lectures (ceremony in which the emperor and members of the imperial family Their Majesties listen to expert lectures in the fields of human, social and natural sciences)

weaning ceremony

(Japanese) imperial succession

allowance allotted to the Imperial family

emotion; affect

Murakami Fund (Japanese investment fund)

entering a city

politician (or someone otherwise engaged in politics); statesman

question time (section of proceedings in parliament)

Order of the Chrysanthemum

corner; nook; recess

division into groups; separation into classes (e.g. of schoolchildren according to ability)

darkness; gloom

black pepper (Piper nigrum)