Vocabulary

hydrology

Lamiaceae (family of flowering plants comprising the mints); Labiatae

so what!; who gives a damn?

evening; twilight

to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)

to let down one's hair; to undo hair

foreign (product, esp. agricultural); of foreign manufacture

silver salt; silver halide

extremely vexing

surely (not); certainly (not)

crank call; prank call; nuisance call

(material) recycling society; recycling-oriented society

out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly

lewd pictures

fundamental law; basic law; organic law

Basic Act on Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society

wow!; gee!; oh dear!

to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; clothes on a packhorse driver

trattoria; small informal Italian restaurant

blunder; (careless) mistake; error

wheel mouse; computer mouse with a wheel

yes; indeed; well

theoretical chemistry

househusband; stay-at-home dad

not hard to ... (in certain circumstances, it would be possible)

one more; another; the other

mechanical pencil; automatic pencil; propelling pencil

to be weary; to be worn out; to be tired

indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly

court lady with her own private chamber or office

one more; another; the other

Io (moon of Jupiter)

A class; first class

S-shape

78-rpm record; standard-play record

knock knees; knock-kneedness

Engel's coefficient; proportion of one's income spent on food

carabiner; snap ring

gouache