Vocabulary

class of warship; warship category

mooring facilities; moorage; berthing facility; berth

bilander; billander; bélandre

international maritime signal flags; international signal flag

flag signaling; flag signalling

bowsprit

democratic peace theory

electromagnetic

entropic gravity

modified Newtonian dynamics; MOND

ribozyme

loop quantum gravity; LQG

finepatterned puffer (Takifugu poecilonotus)

panther puffer (Takifugu pardalis)

carrier pigeon; war pigeon

New Economic Policy (Soviet Union, 1922-1928); NEP

beginning; outset; start

Christmas market

Christmas market

colistin

erotic literature

stock character

three-act structure (in screenwriting: setup, confrontation, resolution)

dark energy

dwarf pufferfish (Carinotetraodon travancoricus); Malabar pufferfish; pea pufferfish; pygmy pufferfish

Congo Free State (1885-1908 name of the Belgian Congo)

table tennis club; ping-pong club

ugly woman; unattractive woman

inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan

autonomous; autonomic; self-sustaining; self-directed

information overload

Home Ministry Police Affairs Bureau (1876-1947)

Home Ministry Police Affairs Bureau (1876-1947)

highway route (Edo period); main route

avenue in the capital; busy main street of the capital; main thoroughfare

caterer in a red-light district

food set out on a stand; gift placed on a stand

workbench; work table

suburbanization

to go over one's head; to be beyond one's comprehension