Vocabulary

observer; watchman; lifeguard

built-in function (e.g. in programming language)

raw data

square brackets

adventurous

jingle; jangle; clinking; jingling; jangling

charango; small lute-like stringed instrument, orig. from Bolivia

lecturer

niche (market, industry, hobby, etc.)

woman who likes comics depicting male homosexual love

adult woman who likes comics about male homosexual love

commercial basis

to draw (a line)

flashy; gaudy; wrapped in cheap flattery

tax excluded; excluding tax

(car) accessories; factory option

land for sale

oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)

elder chief of a village or town during Edo Period

good luck charm; something that encourages or invites good luck

cosmetic surgery; aesthetic surgery

performance of a noh play; performing a noh play

in use; occupied (e.g. toilet); engaged

"southern" beef (i.e. produced in Australia)

zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)

warranty

warranty against defects

every Tom, Dick and Harry; any one or thing; even a cat and a ladle

neither near nor far

Japanese living overseas

Japanese residing abroad

to hold firmly in one's mouth; to clamp down on with one's teeth

the exact opposite

one's last journey; the journey to the other world; death

Japan-specific

ship registry

spider crab

fishery product

support measures; assistance measures; support plan

export value; value of exports