Vocabulary

soy flour made from parched green soybeans

mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

anniversary of Shiki Masaoka's death (September 19)

thick clouds

the morning after a couple have slept together; parting ways the morning after having slept together

the morning after (having slept together)

creeping plant withered in the winter cold

actor print; yakusha-e; ukiyo-e print of kabuki actors

ezōshi shop; Edo-period shop selling picture books, wood prints, etc.

broken windows theory; criminological theory stating that serious crime can be prevented by maintaining the good physical condition of an urban environment

time to prepare a rice nursery

stepping outside to cool down; cooling down outside the gate

mountain

currency

knowledge is power

suit your speech to the audience

refrigerant; thermal gel; ice pack; cold pack

ichibuban; Edo-period rectangular coin (usu. gold) worth a quarter ryō

to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears

ringlets (hairstyle); ringlet curls; sausage curls

Edo-period gold mint

dynamics

a fall below a certain level (of a stock price, etc.)

collation of accounts held by the same person (by financial institutions); aggregation of names, addresses, etc.; merging related records

ballistics

ballistic missile

ballistic missile defence; ballistic missile defense

ballistic transistor

submarine-launched ballistic missile; SLBM

flying object (e.g. rocket, missile); projectile

ballistic-missile shoot-down order; order to shoot down a ballistic missile

shoot-down order (e.g. for ballistic missile)

intermediate-range ballistic missile; IRBM

intermediate-range ballistic missile; IRBM

intercontinental ballistic missile; ICBM

submarine-launched ballistic missile; SLBM

Taepodong; Taep'o-dong; North Korean ballistic missile

soft-hearted; susceptible; sentimental; tender-hearted

feeling of a full stomach after a meal; satisfaction of having a full stomach