Vocabulary

to stitch up a wound

impressionist

archive

labour contract (labor)

legal holiday; bank holiday

forensic research

cami-knickers

aged paste; microbially fermented weak adhesive for restoration of Japanese works of art on paper

to gasp in surprise

banking

corporate governance

compliance (with laws and regulations); regulatory compliance

unrefined; tasteless; inelegant; prosaic; unpoetic; unromantic

prosaic person; person of an unromantic turn of mind; philistine

the average Joe; the man in the street

inner part of a tatami mat

style of lettering consisting of thick vertical and horizontal lines, often used in seals, crests, etc.

mixture of both culture and vulgarism; mixture of both literary and colloquial (language)

grey wall covering material (gray)

all the worldly matters

the common run of men; the average Joe; good-for-nothing (person)

barbershop talk

being wounded in mind and body

kneeling with the balls of the feet on the floor and sitting on one's heels

bare thighs; inner thigh

sound of an explosion

corporate name

universality

delineation; demarcation

dropping (of tears, dew, etc.)

Ministry of Defense

defense capability (defence)

(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming

excellent machine; excellent device (e.g. camera)

splinters of glass; glass shards

(mobile) crane

nail art; fashion nails

collar; area around the collar

finance-related; financial

dress code