Vocabulary

investing in oneself

advertising agency business

death metal

last business day of the year (usu. December 28)

spectral resolution; spectral decomposition

chomping; gulping; with a big bite

high-risk, high-return

low-risk, low-return

low-risk

points-based reward website; website where users can earn redeemable points by taking part in surveys, etc.

Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano

Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides); Chilean sea bass

clubbers; frequenters of nightclubs; partygoers

person possessed by an evil spirit; possession by an evil spirit

eschatology; apocalypticism

tole painting

Houthi movement (Islamist political and military organization in Yemen); Houthis

spoiling (e.g. a plot); revealing (e.g. a trick); giving it away

photograph of a wanted person; mugshot

crumble

two nights

one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of maintenance and groundskeeping)

bone-in chicken; chicken-on-the-bone

guaranteed minimum wage

hurry-up syndrome (degradation of a pilot's performance due to a need to hurry)

to play (baseball, softball, etc.)

to be put to shame (of an expert); to be no match (for someone); to run away barefoot

to be put to shame (of an expert); to be no match (for someone); to run away barefoot

library materials

local collection (of a library); local materials; local artefacts

nepotism; favoritism (towards relatives)

putting forward ideas; brainstorming

following precedent (instead of trying something new); reliance on precedent

following precedent (instead of trying something new); reliance on precedent

burn; scald

record shop; record store

newsagent's shop that exclusively sells newspapers from a particular newspaper company

the misfortune of others tastes as sweet as honey

dustbin of history; ash heap of history; obscurity; long-forgotten memory

panic control (esp. breath management in respiratory illnesses, panic attacks, etc.)