Vocabulary

ramen served with rice; ramen and rice

New Taiwan dollar

Taiwan dollar

bush warbler singing even after spring has passed

starvation cure; medical fasting

starvation cure; fasting treatment; medical fasting

spermine

spermidine

bluebeard (Caryopteris incana); blue spiraea

raw cocoon

Nippon bells (Shortia uniflora)

warm temperate zone; subtropics

dominant species

low mountain

charybdotoxin; ChTX

hiking through dense vegetation; pushing one's way through a thicket; bushwhacking

steep climb; steep slope

mountain in the summertime covered in plant life; overflowing mountain

double summit; twin peaks; twin-peaked mountain

patterned ground (caused by the freezing and thawing of soil)

frost heaving; upwards swelling of soil during freezing conditions

Guzmania; tufted airplant

Jin Chinese (language)

Xiang Chinese (language); Hunanese

Guarani (language)

Olmecs; Olmec civilization

guaraní (currency of Paraguay); guarani

single person tax; bachelor tax

Cherokee (language)

blinkers (horse tack); blinders

Haitian Creole (language)

posted guide with information about each horse (name, pedigree, past performance, etc.)

educational quotient; EQ

vinylacetic acid

acetone oil

aceturic acid

acylation

atropic acid

Beilstein test

vanadic acid