Vocabulary

faxphone; phone with a built-in fax

postwar reparations

stamp (in Chinese martial arts); stomp

stamp (in Japanese martial arts); stomp

ionic polarization

(electric) polarization

spin polarization

magnetic polarization

polarization

quiz-like (TV) comedy segment in which participants improvise one-liners based on a given theme

sketch comedy show

seizure at sea (of an enemy ship or cargo)

enormous fish

sota (court card in unsun karuta and mekuri karuta)

ace of batons (high-scoring card in mekuri karuta)

exiting a garage, parking lot, depot, etc.; taking out (a vehicle) from a garage, parking lot, depot, etc.

Cossack dance (e.g. hopak, kazachok)

Cossack

crane (bird)

(whole) intestines; guts

street food

androgenesis

bleed

pedo; pedophile

commoner

common ash (Fraxinus excelsior); European ash

hatching egg

swab

yakutaishi; type of washi wrapping paper used for wrapping medicines

dyer

luxury item; luxury goods

recovery rate (tax)

tatakizome; flower pounding; dyeing technique in which flowers and leaves are gently hammered to imprint their shapes and colours onto fabric or paper

Family Federation for World Peace and Unification; Unification Church

we (of a corporation); our company; this organization

court order for compensation

psychic; psychic medium

technical intern training

political will

migrant worker; expatriate worker