Vocabulary

being well-informed about international affairs; person well-informed about international affairs

year-to-year decline

weekly average

average audience rating

recuperating patient

Edo-made ukiyo-e

person self-quarantining at home

person managing their symptoms (e.g. of a mild case of COVID-19) at home; person recuperating at home

coinhabitant; cohabitant

online seminar; web seminar; webinar

penalty tax for understatement (of income)

badlands

blepharospasm; spasmodic winking

legal risk

palace keeper; palace guard

rediscussion; debating anew

peaceful overthrow of Chinese communism (alleged Western strategy)

ghost story; horror story

pornographic book (Edo period)

sarcopenia

pitch out of the strike zone

making foil; foil-maker

condensate heat; heat of evaporation

naturalist; natural historian

biota

botanical specimen; herbarium

scholar of Western sciences (by means of the Dutch language; during the Edo period); rangaku scholar

president (of a university); chancellor; vice-chancellor

silver paint; silver foil

sperm donor

sperm donor

(family) crest; coat of arms

trick-taking

reference materials; references; bibliographical sources

historical fact

total marks; total score

10 of batons (in mekuri karuta)

2 of batons (high-scoring card in mekuri karuta)

rice dealer; rice merchant

liquor store; liquor retailer