Vocabulary

day one goes to work (as opposed to a holiday, working from home, etc.); office day; in-office workday

care recipient; care-receiver

Climax Series (annual playoff system used by Nippon Professional Baseball)

selection process; screening process

digital technology

most favored nation; most favoured nation; MFN

announcement of one's retirement

kōshin-machi association

Metal Monkey month; lunar month that contains a day of the Metal Monkey (essentially every other month) during which it was believed colds were more frequent

roadside standing stone dedicated to the Buddhist deity Shōmen Kongō (usu. also engraved with the three wise monkeys)

Mexico

camphor injection (commonly used as a cardiotonic drug in Japan until the end of the 1950s)

female bandit; female robber

occurrence of a disaster; outbreak

tautology

yoga pants

how something fits; fit

(good or bad) feel of lower-body clothing; comfortability

skinny jeans

French terry (fabric)

jogger pants; joggers

coca (Erythroxylum coca)

multiple accounts (e.g. on social media)

first basement floor; first floor underground; lower ground floor

demolition work; dismantling work

science fiction film; sci-fi movie

party leader

leading opposition party; main opposition party; largest opposition party

Diet nomination of a prime minister

feminism; feminist

plateau (e.g. in weight loss); (period of) stagnation

sexual exploitation

care work

lifetime earnings

regularly scheduled press conference

Commission on the Constitution

hit product; bestseller

sliced cheese

chicken

sisterhood