Vocabulary

veganism

One Village One Product movement; OVOP; campaign to boost the countryside by promoting the special products of local areas

cake salé; salty, unsweet pound cake (usu. incl. cheese and vegetables)

mandragora; mandrake

analepticum; restorative medicine

training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video)

Chinese dumpling; Chinese steamed bun

baozi (steamed bun)

cat tongue; thin cookie or chocolate shaped like a tongue

skewered beef

meat (esp. chicken) without bones, skin or excess fat

pope's nose; parson's nose; meat from around the coccyx of a chicken

crushed ice; chipped ice

hands-on learning; on-the-job training; experiential learning; learning by doing

chipped ice; ice chips

glycemic index

GI haircut; crew cut

boiling (esp. rice)

dinner

pot with two handles

heavy double-handled pot used for making rice

preliminary boiling (of hard-to-cook ingredients); cooking in advance

golf-like game using mallets instead of clubs

circumstantial retribution; circumstances (e.g. geographical, societal) one is born into because of karma in previous lives

direct retribution; body and mind one is born into because of karma in previous lives

inseparability of body/mind and geographical circumstances

image sensor

polish; cleaner; polishing liquid

free repair; free servicing

organizational climate; organization culture; organizational environment

privilege (e.g. "attorney-client privilege")

Thai-Burma Railway

backfit; retrofit; backfitting; retrofitting

melanosome

family name

farmed fish; farm-raised fish; cultivated fish; hatchery fish

weighing; measuring volume; quantifying

low-ranking samurai; samurai of the lowest rank

règle des trois unités; the three unities (time, place and action)

underling; loser