Vocabulary

special prosecutor (e.g. United States); special counsel

bad-tempered woman; shrew; vixen; virago

cholera

out of the frying pan into the fire; out of the tiger's mouth into the dragon's den

fundamental tone; fundamental note

long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range

dragon's den

cholera

tora velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis acclivis)

starving tiger

tiger rearing; keeping a tiger

rear a tiger and court disaster

rear a tiger and court disaster

to do something foolhardy; to braid a tiger's whiskers

cholera

Chelonomorpha japona (species of owlet moth)

Japanese word constructed from Sino-Japanese elements; wasei kango

foley artist; sound effects person

hectograph; gelatin duplicator (gelatine); jellygraph; copygraph

konjac powder; powdered konjac

test jumper (in ski jumping)

construction point; K-point

landing hill (in ski jumping)

robotization; robotizing; automation

Romani (people); Roma

Russia and Manchuria

to let a fox into the henhouse; to do something dangerous; to let loose a tiger in the marketplace

helicopter video transmission system

present; souvenir

completely unknown (usu. of people); unfamiliar; complete (stranger)

team pursuit (cycling, speed skating)

livery; uniform

pursuit

watchdog; chaperone; watcher

distillation

flower girl (at a wedding)

chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour

ring boy; young boy who serves as ring bearer at a wedding

avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street

decays per second; disintegrations per second; dps