Vocabulary

patent application; patent filings

assembly at the end of the day (at a company or school, etc.)

patent pending

salt equivalent; sodium chloride equivalent

glutinous rice flour; sticky rice flour

national traits; national character

feral child

macrobiotic diet; macrobiotics

puff piece (in a newspaper, etc.); flatteringly exaggerated article; sycophantic article

starch acetate

pouring out in large amounts; flowing out gushingly

handleless Japanese tea pot

acetobacter; acetic acid bacteria

shiveringly

insect net; mosquito net

paper for wrapping a letter

baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood

purifying wisdom of a buddha

water bottle (of a monk, nun, etc.); flask

portable water vessel (for drinking or washing up)

vase

call of a wild goose

shh! (used to silence someone); sh!

golden sesame (seeds)

to debate; to deliberate; to argue; to contend; to discuss; to dispute

black cattle

Berkshire pig; black pig

Chinese-style spare ribs (esp. pork, also beef or lamb), breaded and fried

digestion resistant dextrin; indigestible dextrin

hydrolyzed collagen; collagen peptide; collagen hydrolysate

gingerol

green barley; barley grass

with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop

mulberry leaf powder

(smile) broadly

leading group (of runners in a marathon, etc.); leading pack

blue-green bacterium; cyanobacteria; cyanobacterium

unused agricultural land; abandoned crop fields; farmland lying fallow

sweet potato variety (often used in shōchū brewing)

industrial experimental station; industrial research institute; industrial testing station