Vocabulary

crawling on all fours; being on all fours; being on one's hands and knees

warez; illegal downloading and distribution of commercial software

superior; special class; higher than A class; extraordinary

shopper

deviation; bias

Doppler shift

Doppler shift

shift (e.g. redshift)

juvenile delinquent

loitering at night; late-night prowling

delinquency; misdeed; misconduct; delinquent behavior

circular flat stoneware flask

gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence

paid volunteer work (e.g. on a farm); work which is not done primarily to earn money

(one's) purse; (one's) pocket; (one's) financial circumstances

supervision; management

blackmail; extortion; racketeering

gambling mat (for dice games)

someone without a fixed occupation; man of leisure; playboy

female role (e.g. in film); female part

silk fabric made in Hakata; Hakata cloth

reed (in a loom); yarn guide

Oriental ostrich fern (Pentarhizidium orientale)

Japanese painted fern (Athyrium niponicum); pictum

tiny bristle fern (Crepidomanes minutum)

Adiantum edgeworthii (species of maidenhair fern)

thick-stemmed wood fern (Dryopteris crassirhizoma)

Blechnum amabile (species of hard fern)

Dryopteris lacera (species of wood fern)

Japanese beech fern (Thelypteris decursive-pinnata)

crested Oriental chain fern (Woodwardia orientalis)

Haplopteris flexuosa (species of shoestring fern)

Osmunda banksiifolia (species of fern)

Polystichum tripteron (species of the wood fern family)

Japanese claw fern (Onychium japonicum); carrot fern

tuberous sword fern (Nephrolepis cordifolia)

European waterclover (Marsilea quadrifolia); pepperwort; water shamrock

Adiantum monochlamys (species of maidenhair fern)

brush pot tree (Cyathea lepifera); flying spider-monkey tree fern

autumn fern (Dryopteris erythrosora); Japanese shield fern; Japanese wood fern; copper shield fern