Vocabulary

standby electricity consumption; power use by devices on standby; phantom load

(science of) failure analysis

small government; limited government

radicle

penis; phallus

to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)

feeling of emptiness; sense of void

total order (relation)

risky speculation; big gamble; large bet

baton twirling

solitaire; patience

patience; solitaire

mathematical puzzle

dissection puzzle; transformation puzzle; silhouette puzzle

Sei Shonagon chie-no-ita; Japanese puzzle similar to tangram

dissection puzzle (tangram, Sei Shonagon chie-no-ita, etc.)

puzzle box

blown glass

kabaddi

flag football

roadside

wood basket; firewood bucket; log holder

clothes line; washing line

seducer; tempter; temptress; enticer; charmer; betrayer

prequel; retrospective talk; (a) retrospective

trial purchase

trial purchase; buying on trial

to close down a business; to shut a business

misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko

paddy sluice

water collection; water sampling

fade-out; dissolve

Tao Te Ching (classic Chinese text by Lao Tzu); Daodejing

water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper f. aquaticum)

colour variation (color); variety of colours

colour variation (color); variety of colours

corroboree

to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)

purring (of a cat)

spoony; spooney; having a soft spot for women