Vocabulary

press room; press gallery

touchdown (American football)

automatic transmission

general secretary (of a communist party, esp. the leader of China or North Korea)

not checking; undergoing no checks; leaving unchecked

Itayose (trading method used by Japanese exchanges)

(medical) holism

conferment; act of conferring (honour, gift, etc.)

humus

carnivore

visual confirmation; sighting

visibility; noticeability; perceptibility

diet; low calorie; reduced calorie

diet; no calorie; non-caloric

selenium

Woodstock Festival (1969); Woodstock Music and Art Festival

East China Sea

Ryukyu Islands

Ryukyu Islands; southern chain of the Nansei Islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture

word-hunting; search for and censorship of politically incorrect words

getting one's finger caught (e.g. in a door); getting one's finger pinched; jamming one's finger in a door

egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)

Shotokan (style of karate)

kobori; swimming while wearing armor

batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest

Hashimoto's disease; Hashimoto's thyroiditis

clothes; outfit; uniform

karate gi; karate uniform

kendo gi; kendo uniform

comedian; comic

Three Alls Strategy (Japanese scorched earth policy during the second Sino-Japanese War)

conquest of the three Koreas (legendary military invasion of the Korean kingdoms; 3rd century CE)

conquest of the three Koreas (legendary military invasion of the Korean kingdoms; 3rd century CE)

Imjin War (1592-1597)

Joseon dynasty (of Korea; 1392-1910); Yi dynasty

Joseon dynasty (Korea, 1392-1910); Yi dynasty

Imjin War (1592-1597)

Edo-period doctor working at a public clinic

Imjin War (1592-1597); Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea

rape; sexual assault