Vocabulary

sulfate; sulphate

electroconvulsive therapy; ECT

slot (e.g. dispensing tickets); outlet

small lump; knob; nut; blob

normal lens; standard lens

wide-angle lens

rustling sound

vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery

monkey; ape

vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery

empty house; vacant house

changing nests

iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 48 reading cards and 48 picture cards

deportation boat

zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

turtle scooping (festival game)

jelly ball scooping (festival game)

to speak jokingly; to speak teasingly; to joke around; to speak nonsense

sweet potato fries

beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

pickle on a stick (usually a cucumber)

feeling of transparency; sense of translucence

photo exhibition; exhibition of photographs; photograph exhibition; photographic exhibition

earth removed from a mine (or tunnel, etc.)

evacuation door; escape hatch

organ trade

poi

vocabulary notebook; ring of vocabulary flash cards

Dragon's beard candy; Chinese cotton candy; Chinese pastry, similar to Turkish pishmaniye or Persian pashmak (thin pastry threads outside, filling inside)

hard candy; candy suckers molded on a griddle; tortoise-shell candy

yo-yo fishing; Japanese festival game of fishing balloons (with loops attached), floating in water, out with a hook

festival game in which players scoop up bouncy balls floating in water

festival game of scooping up plastic cartoon figurines floating in water; character scooping

study of religious doctrine

doctrinal dispute (within or between religious schools)

wholesomeness while meditating and in one's daily affairs

shear (wind, fluids)

prostitute

to search (esp. a home in a police search)