Vocabulary

buoyant market (on season-opening); festive market

one's home country

accelerating in the final stretch

fashion show model; catwalk model; runway model

order history; purchase history

dawn

refilling (a liquid); topping up

flea market (esp. one held in Setagaya, Tokyo in December or January)

pen tablet; drawing tablet

dried viper skin used in Chinese herbal medicine

small and medium-scale; small or mid-scale

open content

Old Chinese phonology

Early Modern Chinese

Waseda University, Keio University and Sophia University (three highly selective private universities in Tokyo)

Waseda University, Keio University, Sophia University and the Tokyo University of Science (four highly selective private universities in Tokyo)

Nihon University, Toyo University, Komazawa University and Senshu University (group of similarly ranked private universities in Tokyo)

Kansai University, Kwansei Gakuin University, Doshisha University and Ritsumeikan University (four leading private universities in the Kansai region)

every time; whenever; as

illustrative example

Good Friday

trike (esp. a three-wheeled motorcycle); tricycle; three-wheeler

sports complex

Kyoto Sangyo University, Kindai University, Konan University and Ryukoku University (group of similarly ranked private universities in the Kansai region)

Meiji University, Aoyama Gakuin University, Rikkyo University, Chuo University, and Hosei University (group of similarly ranked private universities in Tokyo)

Daito Bunka University, Tokai University, Asia University, Teikyo University and Kokushikan University (or Kokugakuin University) (group of similarly ranked private universities in Tokyo)

vaginal tablet

to fire (a gun) ceaselessly; to fire away; to blaze away; to fire volley after volley

child who is very close to their grandfather

notification of one's change of address

inferior double-sided shape; incomplete chow that may be completed by one of eight tiles of two types, two of which tiles are already consumed by the hand's pair; tile pattern composed of a complete chow and an additional tile of its lowest or highest rank (e.g. 3345 or 3455)

bulging shape; tile pattern composed of a complete chow and an additional tile of its middle rank (e.g. 3445)

phishing email; fraudulent email

as a matter of convenience; for the sake of convenience; in view of the circumstances

unfortunate; unhappy; ill-fated; hapless

evening shift

imperial court; Japanese Imperial Court

dynastic era

outside a fort

inside a fort