Vocabulary

accounting department

cross-cultural; comparative culture

practice by repetition; learning by rote

(in) one's own way

Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)

class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

ponzu mixed with grated daikon

unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned

distrust; suspicion

foreign residents of Japan; foreigners living in Japan

Virgin Mary; Holy Mother

Yoshitsune Senbonzakura (kabuki play)

tribal independence

bear-sacrifice ceremony; ritual killing of a bear

Iomante; Ainu ceremony in which a brown bear is raised for two years and then sacrificed

sunglasses

Controlled Flight Into Terrain; CFIT

(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery

(it is such) a thing

accounting section

school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress

listening comprehension

attention deficit disorder; ADD

gold prize; gold award; gold medal; first-place prize

silver prize; silver award; silver medal; second-place prize

bronze prize; bronze award; bronze medal; third-place prize

inhumane; inhuman

big year-end sale

Foreign Policy Commission; Foreign Relations Committee

garbage bag; trash bag; bin bag

to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)

stature; body height

emirate; sheikdom

chief executive

possession of nuclear weapons

wasteful person; spendthrift

solar flare

to become blind

dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis; pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis