Vocabulary

minced beef; ground beef

minced pork; ground pork

very low flame (cooking); lowest heat

hair and makeup

girl group

all-female band (esp. a rock band)

lackey; minion; sycophant; errand boy

bowl of rice topped with beef (or pork) and egg

pizza manjū; steamed yeast bun with a cheese and tomato sauce filling

pizzeria; pizza parlor; pizza place

pizza toast

pizza parlor (parlour); pizzeria

pizzeria

stone oven; masonry oven; brick oven

brick-oven pizza; wood-fired pizza

shredded cheese; grated cheese

curry manjū; steamed yeast bun with a curry sauce filling

to go straight to the point; to cut it short

landscape photograph; landscape photography

tuna donburi; bowl of rice topped with tuna

conical roof; peaked roof; pointed roof; spire

materials science

materials science and engineering

agronomy

Booker Prize

taking silkworm cocoons out of the cocoon holder

four times

food sampling area (e.g. in a supermarket)

affordable; economical

to be mature and kind; to be well-balanced; to be a good person

electric vehicle; EV

leopardess; female leopard

Yayoi people

sexual orientation and gender identity; SOGI

break in filming while cameras are loaded with new tape

keying (graphics); compositing

increased rice prices in autumn due to a poor harvest

after a short pause

psi phenomena

monkey-like face (e.g. protruding ears); simian features