Vocabulary

bound water

representative democracy

wearing a tie

long coat; full-length coat

indirect democracy; representative democracy

Luyten's star

dismissal (of an employee); discharge

bottom of the (batting) order

top of the (batting) order

fado

gateways and gardens

eating together while wearing face masks

Sirius; Dog Star

returning to Brazil

habeas corpus

number sign; hash sign; pound sign

angle parking; diagonal parking

perpendicular parking; side-by-side parking

variable capacity; variable capacitance

nuclear fuel

voting machine

double sharp

double flat

main road; main thoroughfare; arterial road

upper and lower houses of parliament

prenatal period (of a baby's development); period when a baby is in the womb

central building; central wing

coercing a woman to give birth to several children; reproductive coercion (resulting in multiple births)

martial artist

evergreen broad-leaved forest

roulette board

Bartlett force

the lesser yang (in yin-yang)

deep state

flood-damaged vehicle; car that has been (partially) submerged

combustibility; inflammability; burnability

combustion improver; firework fuel

failing to receive an order; losing a sales opportunity; closed lost

vacation to recharge one's batteries; vacation given in reward for long service; special incentive leave

person of Japanese decent (esp. a Japanese Brazilian) who migrates to Japan for work; dekasegi