Vocabulary

tree species

cherry blossom viewer; cherry blossom admirer

bird cherry (Prunus padus)

Prunus buergeriana (species of flowering cherry)

keynote

critical thinking

discernment; clear analysis

shaman (Okinawa, Amami); medium; exorcist

floor below; floor downstairs

floor above; floor upstairs

bottom floor; lowest floor

going to scenic spots, ruins, etc. in search of inspiration for waka or haiku

STAP cell (proposed but disproven type of pluripotency cell); stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency cell

married woman

married woman

formal objection (to an administrative disposition); request for examination (of a patent); request for administrative review

generator (e.g. signal generator)

Administrative Complaint Review Act

petitioning (an administration) for redress; suing civilly to seek redress (for a court's action); lodging an appeal

seating plan (e.g. banquet); seating chart

fellow (at an academic institution, etc.)

security interest; security right; hypothec

wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts

pallesthesia; sense of vibration; vibratory sense; vibratory sensation; vibration perception; vibratory perception

career-oriented woman; hardworking career woman; high-powered career woman

anthropoid ape; anthropoid; pongid; ape

administrative headquarters of a feudal domain (early Meiji period)

molting; moulting

Bigfoot; Sasquatch

Sasquatch

public sector (as opposed to private sector)

promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact

Yamato Takeru; 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto

calligraphy technique of holding the brush perpendicularly, lower arm raised, and elbow held away from the body

going to serve one's lord

amanuensis

someone else writing; someone else's writing

raised ground level

sheet forming; papermaking

linkage map