Vocabulary

message title

to pause; to have a short intermission

one's fellow workers; fellow employees

pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; the proud Heike family does not last long

male student; schoolboy

easygoing; unconventional; happy-go-lucky; light

lunar month

this month

short-term plan; short-run project

to fulfill one's responsibilities

clay face (made like a mask or as a decoration)

discount rate

discount rate

hipbone; innominate bone

hipbone; innominate bone

type of loom used in olden times

type of loom used in olden times

between Japan and North Korea

assembling a criminal case

to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one

Hokkaido Prefectural Police

SIM unlock; SIM lock cancellation

to be able to manage somehow or other

design specification document; design specifications

man-day; person-day

Jinjitsu (one of the five annual festivals; celebrated on the seventh day of the first month of the lunar calendar)

decoupler

workload; quantity of work; work rate; units produced

vagina

cowpea (Vigna unguiculata); cow pea; black-eyed pea; southern pea

hybridization; crossing

hybrid car; hybrid vehicle

hybrid; crossbreed; cross

feeding habit (e.g. of an animal); feeding habitat

electric cooking stove; electric heater

electric iron

cheekbone; zygomatic bone; malar bone

attendance (on one's superior); accompanying

worthless; shit

the Emperor's command; private message from an emperor