Vocabulary

time variance

accumulated stock investment plan

air cell; air battery

person with a special relationship (e.g. in inheritance); special relative

famous product; widely known (local) specialty

mixture; impurities

central city; major city (in a region)

rokumi-gan (patent medicine)

quasi-public goods

article (in a collection, etc.); piece

doing in unison; doing together; doing en masse

Pandanus (genus of monocots)

picnic; eating outdoors

time when slow music is played for cheek-to-cheek dancing

pandan (Pandanus amaryllifolius); pandan leaf

vivid crimson

Umbonium costatum (species of sea snail)

artificial photosynthesis

climate crisis

capital gains

playbook

international couple; transnational couple; couple with different nationalities

low-quality goods; inferior goods

metal chain

green hydrogen

gray hydrogen; grey hydrogen

microalgae

floating-leaved plant; floating plant

ghost fishing (entangling of marine life by lost or abandoned fishing gear)

ghost fishing (entangling of marine life by lost or abandoned fishing gear)

a sound; one sound

revolving mortgage

unconditional acceptance (of an inheritance); absolute acceptance

strong-smelling vegetable (esp. garlic, onion, Chinese chives, Chinese scallion, Japanese garlic)

pungent vegetables and raw-smelling meat

pungent vegetable (e.g. garlic, onion)

pungent vegetable (e.g. onion, garlic, leek)

last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup

plucked string instrument

breakthrough infection (infection in someone who is vaccinated)