Vocabulary

fuel tax

diesel oil delivery tax; light oil delivery tax

liquified petroleum gas tax; natural gas tax

indie game; independent video game

full light (setting)

meta-analysis

dying message (message left by a murder victim just before death; in mystery novels, etc.)

to be quick-witted; to think fast; to be shrewd

I; me

eye movement desensitization and reprocessing; EMDR

internee

bread maker

detuning (an engine, guitar, etc.)

unprecedented monetary easing (by the Bank of Japan in 2013)

Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures

then; well; so; well then

mare's milk

agreement (with something someone has said); understanding; relatable feeling

to make a false accusation; to invent a pretext for a quarrel

heavily; profoundly

(surgical) face mask; face pants

off-grid; off-the-grid

contract employee (esp. one rehired after mandatory retirement)

subject for a poem (announced during a meeting of poets)

lottery ticket

Shetland sheepdog

shelty; Shetland sheepdog

cherimoya (Annona cherimola); chirimoya

atemoya (Annona x atemoya); custard apple

to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

Eiō (one of the eight major professional titles of shogi)

Kiō (one of the eight major professional titles of shogi); shogi king

Titan (pre-Olympian god)

bullet hole; gunshot wound

living up to (one's, its) reputation; true to the rumours; just as people say

sugar-free drink

debuff (negative status effect)

watertight

watertight door

counting out; disregarding; not counting