Vocabulary

energy source

fish

dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings)

rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)

chicken tempura (specialty of Oita prefecture)

well-informed person

world champion

famous mountain; beautiful mountain

XO sauce (spicy seafood sauce used primarily in Cantonese cooking)

bashfulness; shyness; (showing signs of) embarrassment

fishnet stockings (tights)

being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation

increase in (expansion of) demand

biofuel

financial muscle; economic clout

QR code

bowling alley

egg collection (from hens, fish, etc.)

degree of similarity

one's history as a performer

capelin; caplin (Mallotus villosus)

capelin; caplin (Mallotus villosus)

velvet worm (Onychophora)

velvet worm (Onychophora)

wapiti (Cervus canadensis); elk

within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal

posting something to the exterior of a building, etc.; something posted in such a place

medium-fatty tuna

noble gas

Golden Globe Award

dental laboratory

ribbon; cordon

limited liability company (US, Australia, etc.); LLC

newly established school

bulk buying; buying in quantity; stocking up (on)

Unification Church (new religious movement); Family Federation for World Peace and Unification

certificate of lateness (issued by a railroad company, etc.)

(major) world religion (i.e. Christianity, Buddhism, Islam)

Eastern Orthodox Church

Japan Orthodox Church