Vocabulary

esophagomalacia

roller sports

lustful beast; lascivious monster

lust; sexual desire

bibliophilia; bookworm

ingenious but pointless trick; artifice for its own sake

firsthand information

initial screening (of applicants); preliminary screening

first-round interview; first-stage interview

second-round interview; second-stage interview

ancient boys' hairstyle with a part down the middle and a loop above each ear

shrill sound; piercing sound; high-pitched grating noise

sweet and melt-in-the-mouth; sweet and smooth

fortune follows the virtuous, calamity befalls the wicked; heaven rewards the good and punishes the evil

Victorian

pussy; cunt; vulva

arousal fluid; genital secretions; sexual fluids

arousal fluid; genital secretions; sexual fluids

vaginal passage

vulva; female genitalia

carnal pleasure; sensual pleasure

teaching of immoral behavior; promoting obscenity

sibling with disabilities

sure buddy; nice try; surely not

semilingual; semilingualism

picking up (a person) early (esp. a child at nursery school)

jade (stone)

(ninja art of) escaping using fire or smoke

(smiling) goofily; with a loose, slack grin

with a thwack; wack; thump

food simmered in cream; creamed dish; fricasee

cream soup; creamed soup

Gulf states; states bordering the Persian Gulf

the more (people) fight, the closer they are; those who quarrel most are often the best of friends

kakeami (cross-hatching pattern)

culotte pants; culottes

National Diet election

popular uprising; mass uprising

silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)

katabasis (descent to and return from the underworld)