Vocabulary

valence; valency

image sensor

Xbox fanboy; Xbox fangirl

Songun; military-first policy of North Korea

Northern Limit Line; North Limit Line; NLL; demarcation line in the Yellow Sea between North Korea and South Korea

Bombardment of Yeonpyeong (November 23, 2010)

seacoast artillery

sporting circles; sporting world; sportsdom; world of sports

Igbo (language); Ibo

rolled Japanese-style omelette

kunzite

jadeite

nephrite

dermal toxicity; percutaneous toxicity

percutaneous infection

economic geography

current account

oral glucose tolerance test; OGTT

local newspaper

space debris; space junk

combustible waste; burnable rubbish

domestic waste; general waste; non-industrial waste

night attack

seven styles of tea ceremonies

sacred wooden pole used in traditional Koshōgatsu ceremonies

traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree

crime syndicate; criminal syndicate

newly-wed bride

traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility

traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility

being entered in a new family register (through adoption, marriage, etc.)

joint struggle

right to appear (e.g. in Olympics); berth

body fat; somatic fat

rice porridge divination; harvest divination carried out during Koshōgatsu

wooden ladle or rod used to stir the rice porridge used in a kayuura divination

thick chopsticks with both ends equally thin

single chopstick stuck upright into the bowl of rice offered to the deceased at their funeral

simple and light soup taken between courses in a kaiseki meal, or during a formal tea ceremony

chopstick paper wrapper; paper sheath for chopsticks