Vocabulary

snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus spp.)

Formosan rock macaque (Macaca cyclopis); Formosan rock monkey; Taiwanese macaque

person who has lost something they used to rely on; a monkey fallen from the tree

golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

secondary disaster

ping-pong diplomacy

hostile act

to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself

independent production (e.g. of a film)

distilled alcohol (esp. that used in some sakes and liqueurs); brewer's alcohol; jōzō alcohol

Bell's palsy

long TV show (lasting several hours)

come on; hurry up; chop chop

related key

submediant

Antikythera mechanism (ancient Greek analog computer used to make astronomical predictions)

concertante

cupola furnace; cupola

wooden watchtower; battlefield watchtower

curt response; indifferent response; chilly reception; (giving someone the) cold shoulder; unenthusiastic interaction (e.g. from a company to a customer, or a celebrity to a fan)

iron mask (worn by samurai)

Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam)

cheek pouch (monkey, squirrel, etc.)

backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body

ape hand (deformity); simian hand

ape mask

damages inflicted by monkeys (on crops, etc.)

monkey god; ape god

Smilax biflora var. trinervula (variety of a species of greenbrier)

young person with a monkey-like face (nickname for Toyotomi Hideyoshi)

artificial mountain in a monkey enclosure (at a zoo, etc.)

parent stock (for chickens); breeder

round that ends with nobody winning

referral fee; introduction fee

cover-up

to button up wrong; to start from the wrong button

child born to one's legal wife (as opposed to one's concubine, etc.)

lookout; watch; person on guard

period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual

reproductive organ; reproductive system