Vocabulary

architect-designed apartment

how many steps

light roasting; light toasting; parching

kongoban; ritual tray on which a vajra bell and three kinds of vajra pestles are placed

toiletries (provided at a hotel, etc.); bathroom amenities

zero rating; rating of zero

natural cultivation (without artificial fertilizers or pesticides)

artificial light culture; cultivation using artificial lighting

organized crime group specializing in fraud (esp. bank transfer scams)

downturn (as a reaction to some event); decline

white asparagus

last man (Nietzsche's archetypal passive nihilist)

flower shop; florist's (shop)

protective colloid

molecular colloid

dispersion colloid

lyophilic colloid

eucolloid

association colloid

reversible colloid

lyophobic colloid

liquid-phase reaction

definitive stamp

liquidus

Meiji-period postal stamp featuring a large oval in its design

imprint (on the bottom edge of a sheet of stamps); manufacturer's name

colonial city (of ancient Greece or Rome)

Received Pronunciation; RP

acetonic acid; acetone acid

acetone sugar

acetone body

starlight scope (night-vision device)

acetylacetone

triacetonamine

hydroxyacetone

diacetone alcohol

Codd-neck bottle; Codd bottle

dual-income household

after-hours child care

kawara soba (soba dish served on top of a roof tile)