Vocabulary

pizza cutter; pizza wheel

upsert; (database) update or insert

birthwort (Aristolochia debilis)

negawatt (unit of energy saved)

interloper; third wheel; nuisance; burden; hanger-on

reshuffled cabinet; reformed cabinet

attachment; love; affection; fondness

raw fuel; raw materials and fuels

fuel cost adjustment (system); adjustment of monthly electricity charges according to the import prices of raw materials (crude oil, LNG and coal)

(monthly) electricity (or gas) usage charge (calculated using the adjusted unit rate)

cancer insurance

push gift (present given to a mother after childbirth); push present

guaiacum (Guaiacum officinale); roughbark lignum-vitae; guaiacwood

large baby; macrosomic baby

nise-e; style of portrait popular in court circles in the Kamakura period

red; deep red; crimson

sound of a shot; gunfire

court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)

backcountry; off-piste

unlucky day for starting construction of a house (which would result in a fire that spreads to three adjacent houses)

dare

loud explosion; thunderous blast

foreign cooperation; international cooperation

something one put effort into while at university

physical education teacher; PE teacher; gym teacher

cold snap; wave of extremely cold weather

flood-control channel; diversion channel

wiremaking; wiredrawing

wireworks; wire manufacturing plant

peroxyacetic acid; peracetic acid

strip club

chicken burger; chicken sandwich

peroxidase

siphon coffee

working out at home

establishment of diplomatic relations

morning

strange noise; mysterious sound

arkose

stem turn