Vocabulary

alveolar pneumonia; alveolar pneumonitis

alveolitis

lung lobectomy

pulmonary congestion; lung congestion

slalom trail

rufous hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx hyperythrus); northern hawk-cuckoo

nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)

mountain grass; mountain weed; mountain plant

to get over; to forget

glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous

Japanese mountain ash (Sorbus japonica); Japanese whitebeam

under examination; under test (e.g. device); on trial

Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

tide table

tide

tied aid

to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel

cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)

indescribable (esp. indescribably beautiful); defying description

lowland forest; flatland forest; plain forest

sole (of a shoe)

roofing; roofed with; thatching; thatched with; shingling; shingled with

to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself

Western ways; Western customs; Western habits

celebration of complete recovery from illness

enuresis; urinary incontinence

how about ...?; what about ...?

cultivated field (for rice, etc.)

backhoe; power shovel

someone who curls up under a kotatsu all winter; kotatsu snail

someone who curls up under a kotatsu all winter; kotatsu bug; kotatsu snail

tessellated; grid-shaped; grid-like

intersection on a go board

deep-steamed green tea

crab shell (often ground or crushed and used as fertilizer); crab shell meal

rapeseed meal; rapeseed lees

fish meal

Thai food

medium thickness; medium width

mom's home cooking; taste of mom's cooking; taste of home cooking; food like mom used to make