Vocabulary

goma dango; sesame balls

river basin management; river basin flood control; river flood risk reduction

heir(s) apparent (royal succession)

village chief

sledding; sledging

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife

flat head

occupied Japan

product only available for a limited time

terabyte; TB

cofiring; co-firing; co-combustion

continuously variable transmission; CVT

motorcycle courier mail; delivery by motorbike; motorcycle delivery

condolence; sympathy

kana ligature

standard edition; regular edition

extraordinary sight; unusual sight

I; me

Japan Broadcasting Corporation; Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai; NHK

gambler

whydunit (detective story)

howdunit (detective story)

metrology

Okinawan pottery

flare gun; Very pistol; signal pistol

authoritative recording; definitive edition (of a record, CD, etc.)

leaving work (office, school) early

standard edition (record, CD, etc.); regular edition

whole-team effort; pulling together

group chat

skyfish (cryptid); flying rod; solar entity

blooper; Texas leaguer

methodology

metonym

mechanist

three lifetime commandments (youth's femininity, middle-aged struggle, old-age gain)

mouth rinse; mouthwash

tuberculin (skin) test

aha experience

aha moment; moment of sudden realization