Vocabulary

hometown

(adult male) Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus)

Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus)

scarbreast tuskfin (Choerodon azurio)

groupism; group mentality; collectivism

European Union; EU

gross domestic product; GDP

night train

coal blending; coal mixing

studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)

walls have ears; sliding doors have eyes

(opening) with a clatter; loudly; flinging (open)

the Japanese market

illegal donation; secret contribution

tungsten; wolfram

adjectival noun (in Japanese); quasi-adjective; nominal adjective; na-, taru-, nari- or tari-adjective

thermo inner; inner lining (e.g. of ski boots) that is thermally molded to fit

debt collection (company, agency)

candied sweet potato

sleeping; feeling sleepy; beddy-bye

voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love

putting on weight from the good (married) life

body motion

symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship)

irregular conjugation; irregular verb

regular conjugation (declension, inflection)

k-stem irregular verb conjugation ("ku(ru)" is the only member)

s-stem irregular verb conjugation ("su(ru)" is the only member)

n-stem irregular verb conjugation (in classical Japanese)

to leave; to go home

r-stem irregular conjugation (in classical Japanese); r-irregular conjugation

ichidan verb conjugation

conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "iru"

conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "eru"

godan verb conjugation

conjugation of nidan verbs

conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "i" or "u" for every conjugation)

conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "e" or "u" for every conjugation)

s-stem irregular verb conjugation ("su(ru)" is the only member)

r-stem irregular conjugation (in classical Japanese); r-irregular conjugation