Vocabulary

dramaturgy

do, re, mi, fa (solfa syllables)

Palaeoloxodon naumanni (extinct species of elephant)

nutmeg

naphthol

niobium

neutrino

nuclear family in the postwar generation

nutria (Myocastor coypus); coypu

Neanderthal man

Negroid; black race

without stockings; stockingless

nose cone (e.g. of a rocket)

no-hit, no-run game; no-hitter

batting for fielding practice; fungo (hitting)

fungo bat

Nordic event

Norman; the Normans

high polymer

how-to book

Hanseatic League

hand cream

Graves' disease; Basedow's disease; exophthalmic goiter; toxic diffuse goiter

batter

Bartholin's glands

the Van Allen (radiation) belt (layer)

film cartridge

rebellion

small okurigana used with kanbun

to feel relieved; to forget about one's troubles; to settle into peace of mind

vertical; portrait-style; longitudinal

gelding; castrated horse

of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless

Thomson's gazelle

whole tomatoes (canned, etc.)

crawling forward (on one's stomach)

major change; major transformation

thereabouts; vicinity; that area

adult man

polyethylene terephthalate; PET