Vocabulary

voting machine

double sharp

double flat

unsparing; without stinting; painstakingly; tirelessly

main road; main thoroughfare; arterial road

upper and lower houses of parliament

prenatal period (of a baby's development); period when a baby is in the womb

central building; central wing

coercing a woman to give birth to several children; reproductive coercion (resulting in multiple births)

same old familiar; usual

martial artist

evergreen broad-leaved forest

roulette board

Bartlett force

the lesser yang (in yin-yang)

deep state

flood-damaged vehicle; car that has been (partially) submerged

combustibility; inflammability; burnability

combustion improver; firework fuel

failing to receive an order; losing a sales opportunity; closed lost

vacation to recharge one's batteries; vacation given in reward for long service; special incentive leave

nth day (of the month)

person of Japanese decent (esp. a Japanese Brazilian) who migrates to Japan for work; dekasegi

maintenance person; maintenance worker; groundskeeper; member of the ground crew

canonical commutation relation (quantum mechanics); CCR

canonical

human nature

penalty payment; points forfeited due to a rule violation

(aquatic) polyculture

shu; unit of weight, 1/24th of a ryō

ancient Chinese unit of weight equivalent to 30 catties (15 kg)

(former) Papal States; Vatican City

man-god; person enshrined as a god

slandering Buddhism; denigrating the Dharma

white clothes; clothes made from undyed fabric

Later Yan (dynastic Chinese state)

four essential elements of existence (birth, ageing, illness and death)

changing or leaving one's job

issue (publication)

income source for gangster organizations