Vocabulary

Yoshitsune Senbonzakura (kabuki play)

tribal independence

bear-sacrifice ceremony; ritual killing of a bear

Iomante; Ainu ceremony in which a brown bear is raised for two years and then sacrificed

sunglasses

Controlled Flight Into Terrain; CFIT

(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery

accounting section

school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress

listening comprehension

attention deficit disorder; ADD

gold prize; gold award; gold medal; first-place prize

silver prize; silver award; silver medal; second-place prize

bronze prize; bronze award; bronze medal; third-place prize

big year-end sale

Foreign Policy Commission; Foreign Relations Committee

garbage bag; trash bag; bin bag

emirate; sheikdom

chief executive

possession of nuclear weapons

wasteful person; spendthrift

solar flare

dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis; pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis

chain store

stout; dark beer; porter's ale

grandniece; grandnephew

positive polarity; straight polarity

negative polarity

pulse width; pulsewidth

cathode; positive pole; positive electrode

visualization; rendering visible (e.g. a problem); digitization

family members; members of the household

housing assistance

balance of margin transaction; balance (of a stock) bought on margin

mid-life crisis

determination; decision

to be hairy (of a person); to be thickly bearded

man'yōgana written in kaisho or gyōsho style

in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger