Vocabulary

legal liquidation; court-mediated winding-up of a company

salad served in a glass, cup, hollowed-out tomato, etc.

one-drink minimum (at a restaurant, karaoke-bar, etc.)

colored contact lens; coloured contact lens; cosmetic contact lens; decorative contact lens

dental floss

festive mood; holiday mood; festive atmosphere

missionary

official history of the Ryukyu Kingdom (compiled between 1743 and 1745)

file cabinet; filing cabinet; shelf of documents

newsstand; newspaper kiosk; newspaper stand

nine times

Zen ascetic practices; Zen meditation

Japanese foxtail (Alopecurus japonicus)

needle spikerush (Eleocharis acicularis)

damask rose (Rosa damascena)

medical officer

attendant; best man (at a wedding); groomsman; maid of honor; bridesmaid

leaving (a library, museum, etc.); exiting

curfew

(another's) parents

gem; jewel; ornament; accessory; adornment

household expenses; residence expenses; housing expenses

marlin (fish of the Istiophoridae family)

chyme

chyme

chyme

income-based levy; per income levy; taxation on income basis

orange-red; reddish orange; fire red

freckle; ephelis; ephelides

girls; women

New Year ornament (usu. of straw, fern leaves, seaweed and bitter orange fruit, and hung at the entrance of a home)

nudity

owner-manager; sole proprietor; owner-operator; one-man business

loss-making line (railway, bus, etc.); unprofitable route

meritocracy; merit system

corporate reconstruction; corporate rejuvenation; corporate revitalization; corporate revival

frosting

big family principle; extended family policy

standard of conduct; code of behavior; moral code; culture (of an organization)

to empower