Vocabulary

dogwood (Cornus controversa)

tight turn

small political party

dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; breaking or rushing into

Port and Harbor Authority

deodorant; deodorizer; air freshener

(female) assistant nurse; practical nurse

taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son

clincher; winning technique; official winning technique

being watchful; keeping watch; keeping an eye open

high interest rate

occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)

specimen; sample; object to be examined

antique; historical object

judicial scrivener; judicial clerk; person qualified to prepare legal documents, handle real-estate transactions, etc.

modern version; modern edition; updated, contemporary edition

electronic calculator combined with a soroban

Hokkaido Legislative Assembly

lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing

lying fallow; leaving a field uncultivated

witness; observer

haniwa; hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period

insertion; letter drop

pay gap; wage gap; wage differential

pinning technique (in wrestling or judo)

center of an explosion; centre of an explosion

leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots

to be breathtaking; to be stifling

how to manage (e.g. case); how to handle (e.g. machine); way with (e.g. children, animal)

replenishment; supplement; reparation

gold dust; silver dust

gold ore; gold deposit

young lancefish; young sand lance

number of households

to be moved to tears

Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon (awarded for scholarly or artistic achievement)

social integration (esp. of burakumin); assimilation

waste oil

crude drug; natural drug; galenical

source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis