Vocabulary

deed of absolute sale

tax declaration certificate

-off (price reduction); discount

gender-neutral

easy come, easy go; lightly comes, lightly goes; soon gotten soon spent

time waits for no man; time and tide stay for no man

chalazion; meibomian cyst

to show each other

Japan and the Philippines; Japanese-Filipino

dictation

twins

rising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless

hard education; hard training; Spartan education

this much; this amount

this much; this amount

oak (esp. Quercus serrata)

Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)

Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)

heron (Ardeidae)

stone statue of Jizō (often found along roads)

capturing something alive

to (physically) force someone to sit down

the Japanese Alps

-clad

market share

logogram; indicative; character depicting an abstract idea

Gothic Lolita (type of teenage fashion)

P-wave (e.g. of earthquake); primary wave

S-wave (e.g. of earthquake); secondary wave

land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%

land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half

keeping calm and collected at times of disappointment; maintaining a serene state of mind in adversity

Mongolian (language)

common spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

medium egret (Ardea intermedia); intermediate egret

yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)

yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)

little egret (Egretta garzetta)

common crane (Grus grus)

flamingo (Phoenicopteridae)