Vocabulary

vegan

fruitarian

pesco-vegetarian; pescetarian

security gate

prohibited item; banned substance

trembling; quaking; shaking

hot pot party; party with guests sitting around a hot pot

Asunaro hug; hug from behind

ornithologist

Japanese crested ibis

genetic pollution

machigumi; self-governing organization for towns and cities (Muromachi to Meiji periods)

Chinese characters; hanzi; kanji

pulmonary function; lung function

menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards

appropriation; theft

words of regret

(only) one sword

great sword; grand sword

scrubbing (with water); cleaning

longer type of wakizashi (short sword)

hitting the left side of the torso (in kendo)

global navigation (of a website)

global navigation (of a website)

escapement (mechanism)

large encyclopedia

meju (dried fermented soybeans)

Koryo-saram (ethnic Koreans of the former Soviet Union)

displaced orphans; displaced children

grandmother; grandma

grandfather; grampa

Inner Mongolia (China)

Scythia

rain period; rainy season

pojangmacha (stall or restaurant serving Korean street food)

false phimosis; false foreskin; pseudophimosis

sound of someone (being near or coming)

stopper; plug; (nose) tissue

professional organization of sarugaku performers

withered lawn; dry turf