Vocabulary

illegal immigrant

smuggling oneself out of a country

career counseling (counselling)

popular song program on radio or television

(principle of) self-sufficiency

point-of-view pornography; gonzo pornography; pornography filmed by the actors themselves

(female) pubic hair

make one wrong move and ...; take one wrong step and ...

clausula rebus sic stantibus (legal principle that agreements become non-binding if there is a major, unforeseeable change of circumstances)

escapist literature

presenting no difficulty; not being a problem

please be ...

lantana

magician; sorcerer; wizard; witch

unknown (e.g. in an equation)

registered real-estate broker

registered real-estate broker

community; shared

community; shared

spirit photography; ghost photography

chicken meat

great famine; severe famine

fermented milk drink (e.g. Yakult, Calpis, Calpico); lactic fermenting beverage

English-Japanese (esp. translation, interpretation, etc.)

Japan and Spain; Japanese-Spanish

Spanish-Japanese (dictionary, translation, etc.)

secret leader of a group of juvenile delinquents

talk is cheap; it's easier to say than to do; building Osaka Castle by talking

girl who puts on airs

chintzy, money-grubbing girl

Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)

eyelid speculum; lid retractor

illiteracy

burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group)

new commoner; former members of the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition in 1871

chopstick envelope; chopstick wrapper; paper envelope in which chopsticks are presented

Java (Indonesian island)

oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, stewed in soy-flavored dashi

gomokuzushi wrapped in a thin layer of fried egg

loving; caring; devoted