Vocabulary

hound's-tooth check

multicolor

Nobel Prize in Economics

Nobel Prize in Literature

Nobel Prize in Physics

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

amount of a donation

caregiver; carer

foreigner

aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasising quiet simplicity and subdued refinement

near-death; close to death

near-death experience

10^44; hundred tredecillion

10^36; undecillion

10^28; ten octillion

10^24

one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); 3.75 milligrams (one-thousandth of a monme)

thread

market; business field

binge eating; stress eating

deadline; time limit; closing day; settlement day (payment); cut-off date

to shift (something) from one hand to the other

table for memorial flowers; table for laying flowers (after someone's death)

to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself

(Catholic) memorial mass

All Souls' Day

altar, stand or table for burning incense

chopstick usage

hyperbaric environment

while crying; tearfully; in tears

what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak

unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

knowing no bounds; showing no signs of stopping or slowing down

giant squid (Architeuthis martensi)

red squid; neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii)

epistolary style; epistolary phrase

as soon as; right after

even

even the hardest of hearts can be moved to tears; a tear in the ogre's eye