Vocabulary

tangyuan (rice flour dumpling); tang yuan

Wu Chinese (language); Shanghainese

parched rice; roasted rice

roasted rice broth; roasted rice broth soup

Miyuki-zoku; Miyuki tribe; young people dressed in an Ivy League-inspired style who frequented Miyuki Street, Ginza, in the summer of 1964

Bermuda shorts

backpacker (esp. mid-60s to end-70s)

hostel

intrusion

general industry

exchangeable bond

exchangeable bond

electronic book; e-book

digital book; electronic book; e-book

mobile phone operator; mobile network carrier; cellular company

business support

to strengthen; to fortify; to secure

mobile network operator; MNO; wireless service provider; mobile network carrier

telecommunications carrier; telecommunications operator; telephone service provider

Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)

slip of the tongue; verbal mistake; using the wrong words; misstatement; gaffe

prone float; dead-man's float

pointing and calling (occupational safety method)

Cirripedia; barnacles

Penepatella stellaeformis (species of limpet)

to score points with (a person); to curry favor with (favour)

alpine bistort (Bistorta vivipara)

Parasenecio farfarifolius var. bulbifer (variety of Indian plantain)

to turn one's back to

commander of a castle

western pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea); pearly everlasting

tunnel boring machine; TBM

tunnel boring machine; TBM

shoulder strap (on a dress, bag, etc.)

bread making

fashion show (on a catwalk)

to wash one's hair or body; to bathe in water

meat meal; meat scrap

hook getting caught on something underwater

toddy (drink)