Vocabulary

workers' credit union; labour credit association

electrical distribution network; power grid

Internet; WWW; web

having an ancient and honorable origin; of good lineage; of noble birth

social organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home (predominantly used by people from Okinawa)

peace sign; V sign

friends from the same hometown

malicious; deliberately mean

unpleasant

croquette vendor

advertising leaflet; advertising poster; flyer

display box (for products)

glass jar

glazier; glass shop

cash only, prices as advertised

relief (carving)

flour made from parched rice or barley

flour made from parched barley

powdered roast grain (esp. barley; oft. mixed with sugar and water to make confectionery)

dish towel; tea towel

with a crack; with a tearing sound; with a ripping sound

base (e.g. of an ointment or suppository)

muddy colored lipstick or rouge

troupe of magicians

public telephone; payphone; pay phone

new household (e.g. after marriage); new home

each day; from day to day; day-to-day

Imperial Academy art exhibition

Japan Fine Arts Exhibition; JFAE; Nitten Exhibition

Bunten exhibition; art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition)

oden vendor; oden restaurant

book of traditional Japanese music

street vendor

rice bowl

to serve rice in a bowl

curtain; hanging; bunting

street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper

loud snore

to crawl on one's stomach

beef tongue; ox tongue