Vocabulary

granule; particle

look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk

registrar (court, stock exchange, etc.)

salted crescent roll; salted butter roll

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

invitation

steering column

bee venom; bee poison

mental health clinic

tonsillar hypertrophy; enlarged tonsils

to fail to collect (e.g. a debt)

deserter

Halcion (brand of sleep medication)

direction of the capital (esp. Kyoto)

motor coach; motor car

retractive breathing

makeup remover wipes

hand-operated powered cultivator; tiller; rotary hoe

soil; earth; ground

whose

luxury hotel; five-star hotel

foreign tourists to Japan

front desk staff; front office staff; reception staff; receptionist

(in-person) meetup

architect's office; architectural design firm

retaliation; revenge

(our) ephemeral world; this transient life; this dreamlike life

alternative plan; alternate proposal; counterplan; counterproposal

end; conclusion; ending

tethered grazing

manger; crib; trough

mandarin duck

mandarin duck

reproductive health

reproductive

afterglow (of a sunset); evening glow

dead of the night; midnight

correct doctrine; orthodox sect

busy; hectic

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHD