Vocabulary

all kinds of illnesses

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Imperial standard

Tokugawa Yoshinobu's resignation as Minister of the Interior and the abandonment of the Shogunate's territories (during the Meiji Restoration)

film, play, novel, etc. with parallel storylines focusing on different characters; multiprotagonist story; multi-POV story

non-disclosure agreement; NDA

split infinitive

demolition contractor; wrecker

in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs

start; beginning

third principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; downward stroke

origin (of an artery, nerve, etc.); starting point

to vomit

severe punishment policy; zero-tolerance policy; draconianism

ward council

social conditions; social circumstances

fourth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; hook at the end of a vertical or horizontal stroke

pointillist painting

stippling

fourth jūbako tray; fourth stacked box

occurring naturally (without human influence)

fourth tray (of food)

upper middle class (esp. of car level or performance)

comments section (on a blog, website, application, etc.); comment field

Eswatini; Swaziland

Swazi (language)

resident program; terminate and stay resident program

polyfunctional

multi-city (flight)

award miles

booking confirmation; reservation confirmation

translation

fast radio burst; FRB

to find a way; to find the time; to try to make oneself available

acidulant; acidity regulator

anti-caking agent

anti-foaming agent

filler; extender; bulking agent

adjustor; regulator; modifier; conditioning agent

mucilaginous material used to make washi