Vocabulary

portability

antipyic (drug); antibiotic

poppy

looking towards; taking notice (of); showing interest (in)

superclass

finished product; final product

to open one's eyes wide

pickling bowl; pickle press

to grab hold of; to catch

all vehicles

snorting (esp. of a horse, cow, etc.); heavy nasal breathing

head cold

dialing the wrong number; misdial

second slash; second cut

Zippo

breaded cutlet (e.g. tonkatsu) covered in Worcester sauce

to be moved to tears

Shiwei (Mongolic tribe)

katsudon with Worcestershire sauce (esp. in the local style of Nagoya)

the five blessings (health, wealth, longevity, love of virtue and dying a natural death)

to die a natural death (at an advanced age); to live out one's allotted span of life

chieftain

reality show

Steppe Route (precursor to the Silk Road)

pair of rocks resembling a married couple (one larger representing the husband, one smaller the wife)

self-portrait (sculpture, carving, engraving, etc.)

spring outing

original kanji form; base kanji form

tolerable limit; human limits; maximum permissible limit

candlebush (Senna alata)

Yamecha; Yame tea; high-quality tea from the Yame area in Fukuoka

horseradish tree (Moringa oleifera); drumstick tree; moringa

clove basil (Ocimum gratissimum); African basil

vermilion

decorative writing; flourish

bone tile (e.g. for Chinese dominoes)

to come to a dead end; to reach an impasse; to get bogged down

Suizenji-nori (Aphanothece sacrum; edible freshwater algae grown in Fukuoka prefecture)

stress-free

(sorting) order; sequence