Vocabulary

commemorative publication

strategy of close-quarters fighting

spatio-temporal information science; time-space information science

polar region

declining interest in the natural sciences (among youth)

big science (particle accelerators, space telescopes, etc.)

jewelry; jewellery

a burnt child dreads the fire; once bitten twice shy; to become overcautious from a bad experience

true friend; close friend

to bark at and chase

partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection; PAPVC; partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage; PAPVD; partial anomalous pulmonary venous return; PAPVR

partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection; PAPVC; partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage; PAPVD; partial anomalous pulmonary venous return; PAPVR

partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection; PAPVC; partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage; PAPVD; partial anomalous pulmonary venous return; PAPVR

outdoing a professional; putting an expert to shame

to live; to make a living; to get on with

mincer

(role of) heel (in wrestling, films, etc.); bad guy

asparagus

type of long chopsticks used in the preparation of fish; type of long chopsticks used to hold the fish in carving knife ceremony

small high-pitched Japanese drum or taiko with its head pulled taut by ropes

omigosh; crikey

chevalier

eloquent and skilled (worker)

bedpan; chamber pot; potty

administrative building

with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting

district heating

chopsticks

incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; weakness

to be full to the brim

brother; lay brother; non-ordained member of a Christian religious order

Kyoto-style side dish; meal of side dishes

attachment; annexation; addendum; appendix

bilingual; in two languages

brown sugar syrup

cold political relations but hot economic relations (often said about China-Japan relations)

to fall for a trick; to be taken in; to play into the hands (of)

to lurk (in an online community)

to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to toady (to); to fawn (on)

defective item; defective product; defective merchandise