Vocabulary

alibi

paronychia; whitlow; felon; agnail

paronychia; whitlow; felon; agnail

vernal water-starwort (Callitriche palustris)

common false pimpernel (Lindernia procumbens); prostrate false pimpernel

water snowflake (Nymphoides indica)

flame retardant

winning a match; coming in first; victory

crème de cassis and orange juice (cocktail)

crème de cassis (liqueur)

luggage rack (train, bus); baggage rack

osmotic power; salinity gradient power; SGP

rock crystal

analogue

consular office; consulate

dilemma

sand sculpture; sand statue

fine-structure constant; Sommerfield constant

reticulocyte

closure of ports; excluding foreign ships from ports

third reading (of a bill in the Imperial Diet)

young corn; baby corn

display name; screen name

young corn; baby corn

street vendor (often carrying wares in baskets hanging from a pole); hawking goods

salinity

high-mix, low-volume manufacturing; production of a large variety of products in limited amounts

self-insurance

despite appearances; it may not seem so; it might not look it

cellular tissue

manganite

braunite

thinly-sliced pork; chopped pork

recipe

Carlit (ammonium perchlorate)

crystalloid

cajuput oil

fusibility (in metallurgy)

nomogram; nomograph

hemoglobin; haemoglobin