Vocabulary

polar region

declining interest in the natural sciences (among youth)

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

jewelry; jewellery

true friend; close friend

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

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

chevalier

eloquent and skilled (worker)

bedpan; chamber pot; potty

administrative building

district heating

chopsticks

incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; weakness

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

Kyoto-style side dish; meal of side dishes

attachment; annexation; addendum; appendix

brown sugar syrup

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

defective item; defective product; defective merchandise

stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock

Levite; member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (who served a religious function)

net national product; NNP

closing party; closing event of a school, etc. festival

hammer

crate training; housebreaking; house-training

(fictional) fusion of human and animal; therianthrope; furry; human beast

truce (during a children's game); time out; King's X

maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling

waypoint (e.g. with a GPS); checkpoint

health certificate

adding someone to one's friends list

day of month