Vocabulary

credibility; trustworthiness

petition for retrial; appeal for retrial

invention by an employee; employee invention; service invention

invention developed as a result of one's work

targeting; aiming at a specific target; pinpointing

parafollicular cell

blindingly quick speed; (in) a flash; (in) the blink of an eye

chemical castration

chemical castration

inspection station; inspection centre

overseas deployment (e.g. military forces); overseas expansion (e.g. business operations)

bid-rigging; knockout sale

slope; sloping ground; sloping lot

(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances

artificial island; man-made island

stoneware; pottery; ceramics fired at a high temperature

burn-in (on a screen); ghost image

life in a dormitory; dormitory life

traffic area; traffic block

being inducted into a hall of fame

tour guide-interpreter; tour guide licensed for guiding foreigners in Japan

mistake; error

triangular three-pillar torii

masculine face (on a woman)

lord; nobleman; daimyo; dignitary; master

entering a village; moving to a village

land leech (Haemadipsa zeylanica japonica)

Whitmania pigra (species of leech)

Hirudo nipponia (species of blood-sucking leech)

Helobdella stagnalis (species of leech)

wheat grain

sorting of documents; filing documents

visiting Fukuoka; coming to Fukuoka

coming to a capital city (esp. Tokyo or Kyoto)

rhyming dictionary

chai (black tea with milk, sugar and spices); masala chai

chai tea; masala chai

getting tired from dealing with people; getting tired of being around people

merchant guild entrusted by the shogunate to manage its respective trade (Edo period)

anthropophobia; dizziness experienced in crowded places