Vocabulary

Hodgson's hawk eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis); mountain hawk-eagle

serf

lower government office (ritsuryō system)

consumption of goods and services by young working adults who live at home, with their basic living expenses covered by their parents; nest-dweller consumption

image response

mortice; mortise

tenon; cog; pivot

deadwood

control surface

finger; one's finger

Latter-day Saints

deadwood

method of dyeing, developed in Okinawa, in which a single stencil is used to produce richly polychromatic designs; traditional dyed cloth from Okinawa

painting made with gold or silver paint (usu. on a dark background)

narrow

status of forces agreement; SOFA

sake jar; jar containing alcohol

great six-syllable mantra ("om mani padme hum")

epidural hematoma; epidural haematoma

principal investigator; PI

wooden transport ship used on Lake Biwa

treaty of peace and amity; peace treaty

Shinsengumi; Edo-period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities

to arrange not to contradict each other

large-scale rehearsal

heated acupuncture needle; hot acupuncture needle

being thin and bony; bony body

one's hometown

wooden transport ship used on Lake Biwa

unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away

slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; undisciplined; careless; loose

slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; undisciplined; careless; loose

companion animal; pet

exotic animal (e.g. tarantula)

back stitch; backstitch

shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi

bicameral constitution; bicameralism; bicameral system

cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth

narrow; short range; micro

horned; horn-shaped; hornlike; corneous; corniculate