Vocabulary

mildly air-conditioned railway carriage

boccia (sport, similar to bocce, played by people with impaired motor skills)

to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart

to make sure (of); to drive in a wedge

explosive increase; rising dramatically; shooting up

absolute beginner; complete amateur

tungsten carbide

tungsten carbide

titanium carbide; TiC

old people providing care for old people (parents, siblings, in-laws, etc.)

mottled pattern; patchy pattern

egg candling; egg testing

(your) perusal; (your) inspection

senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion

the one before last; two generations, etc. previous

Thai curry

Hainanese chicken rice

candlestick chart

tom yum; tom yam

Thai (people)

(Thai) red curry

(Thai) green curry

Thai suki; suki; Thai hotpot

kurultai (political and military council in the Mongol Empire); quriltai

roti

hedge maze; maze garden

LT Trade Agreement (1962); Memorandum Concerning Sino-Japanese Long-Term Comprehensive Trade

forced attack; risk-taking attack; aggressive attack

daring attack tactic

fashion; fad; vogue; craze

materialism

seed tree; mother tree

open-chain compound; acyclic compound

cyclic compound; ring compound

direct planting of a cutting in the ground

place of enshrinement; morgue; mortuary

morgue; mortuary

junk ball (pitch); off-speed pitch

dynamic analysis

as soon as possible; ASAP