Vocabulary

to extend from one year to the next; to go to the next year

to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

planting in a row (trees, flowers, etc.)

to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay

(web) browser extension

to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; to bend one's head slightly to one side

flourish (card trick)

cardistry; card flourishing

identity theft

throughout the body

to be found out; to be seen through; to be exposed; to come to light; to be revealed

to compare

megacity

war crime

diagenesis

hardening; consolidation

megacity; city with over a million people

megalopolis; megacity; supercity

identity theft

identity theft

identity theft

waking up early; getting up early; early rising

sunk cost

cabin attendant; flight attendant

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize

sunk cost

niqab; ruband

Hong Konger; Hongkonger; person from Hong Kong

basic pension

arteriovenous; arteriolovenous; arteriolovenular

three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period)

city life; urban living

standard; standard specification

desperado; outlaw

myotome; muscle group

ranking vice-minister in the Department of Worship (ritsuryō system); deputy minister

blue-green

meteorologist; climatologist; aerologist

rappel; abseil