Vocabulary

beef roast; beef sirloin

roar; howl; yell; bellow

giving up; abandoning (hope, plans)

gabion; cage filled with stones

curry in a pouch; retort-pouch curry

charcoal kiln

counterattack while evading the opponent's attack (kendo)

after-sales support (relating to maintenance of real estate); after-sales service

polysaccharide thickener

metal bars of a face guard (kendo)

garden cress (Lepidium sativum)

garden cress (Lepidium sativum)

cress

subentry (in dictionary)

zugzwang

over a wall; crossing a fence

bottom depths (of water); abyss

garbage-filled house

bewilderment; confusion

strange; mysterious

winning by picking up a discarded tile

trash-talk; trash talk

candidly revealing (secrets); revelation; disclosure; confession

countries where Chinese characters are used or were historically used

countries that do not use Chinese characters in their writing; non-kanji countries

Optical Transport Network; OTN

puppeteer

gods and demons; divine spirits and souls of the dead

fool; twit; idiot; bird-brain; blockhead; dunce

cruel wife; termagant wife; wife from hell

tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit

one-time fee for grave land rental

intellectual occupation; intellectual profession; learned profession

north central region

intermediate corporation (abolished in 2008); semicommercial corporation; seminonprofit corporation

general incorporated association

person in charge of the brewing of sacrificial wine

graduation certificate; diploma; testamur

developmental test

developmental disability; developmental disorder; developmental impairment