Vocabulary

opinion journal; serious magazine

isolation transformer; isolating transformer; insulating transformer

treason; conspiracy against one's country

foreign invasion; foreign attack; foreign force

air of luxury; high class feel

utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil

scum of the earth; monster; fiend

serious criminal; heinous criminal

swallowing a boat whole

gear cutting machine

gear hobbing machine

Matthew (the Apostle)

battle of wits; contest of wits

New Taiwan dollar

metropolitan city (South Korea)

advancing foot sweep

kneecap

grappling technique (e.g. judo)

pinfall; pinning an opponent's shoulders to the ground (e.g. in wrestling)

grappling

striking techniques (judo)

hip throwing techniques (judo); waist techniques

book or scroll that has been handed down through generations; book of secrets

wheat starch

floor function

tanzanite

carnelian

carnelian

peridot

rose quartz

hick; country bumpkin; yokel

stupidity; ignorance; stupid person; ignorant person

ignorance of Jōdo Shinshū practitioners (who only chant the Namu Amida Butsu and have little knowledge of other parts of Buddhism)

road rage; tailgating

great deed; great enterprise; great work; massive undertaking

ceiling function

using one's own judgement; making up one's own mind; judging for oneself

tile setting; laying tiles

tobacco field; tobacco patch

mortadella