Vocabulary

disguising a product's country of origin (e.g. by exporting via a third country)

mouth-watering chicken (Chinese dish of steamed chicken with a spicy sauce)

server outage (e.g. in an online game)

sporting event held without spectators (esp. during the COVID-19 pandemic)

online drinking party; drinking party using a video platform (Skype, Zoom, etc.)

here; this area; around here

symptomatic person; person who exhibits symptoms (e.g. of an infectious disease); person with suspected infection

open-back headphones

fast bowline (knot)

start of a period (esp. financial); beginning of a term

to bud; to sprout

skill stop (slot machines)

number; numeral

short press (of a button)

studying online (esp. at a foreign university)

Kung Pao chicken

do not go lie down after eating (because it is considered rude); if you lie down soon after eating, you will become a cow

closed-back headphones

Fusa (former province located in present-day Chiba and Ibaraki prefectures)

server outage; server failure; server crash

to be able to reduce the price; to be able to be reduced

server outage; server failure; server crash

Chichibu (former province located in present-day Saitama Prefecture)

Keno (former province located in present-day Tochigi and Gunma prefectures)

outrage marketing (deliberately stirring up controversy to generate publicity); shock advertising

cute voice

marriage acceptance certificate; certification that the local government office has received notification of a marriage

requiring a check; needing to be checked out; being a must-see

literary girl; book-loving girl; bookworm girl

Chinatown (Edo period)

degrowth (reducing global consumption and production to achieve a socially just and ecologically sustainable society)

infraspinatus muscle

injection molding; injection moulding

zoo and botanical park

aerial ropeway

botanical garden; park

United Nations Associations Test of English; UNATE

to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate

weaving center

to work at a loom; to weave