Vocabulary

brother-in-law

touring (of a theatrical company, entertainer, etc.); being on the road; road show

pumice

pumice stone

kunrei-shiki romanization (government-authorized system of romanizing Japanese); kunrei system

obvious; transparent

English proficiency examination; English proficiency test

English proficiency test (esp. the STEP test)

papier-mâché

gold-inlaid lacquerware (using powdered gold in etched grooves)

gold-inlaid lacquerware

tenpai; fishing (i.e. needing one more tile for completion)

discretionary work (labour, labor)

flexible work hours; flexi-time

slave

crystallization; crystallisation

writer's callus; writer's bump

wrinkled hands from being in water; washerwoman's hands

(your) choice; preference; wish

inlet; port; sink

drawing; suction; intake

interlude

love hotel

miniskirt; mini-skirt

common name; popular name; trivial name

quantity of goods laid in; cost of goods purchased

configuration (e.g. of a computer or file); user preferences; system environment; environment setting

miso soup

another's wife; another's daughter

foot; leg

logical product; AND operation; conjunction; intersection

negative logic

undeveloped woodland near populated area

creative cookery; creative cuisine

skull

part-of-speech classification

diameter

proclamation; statement

woodworking tools; woodworking machines

sheep