Vocabulary

matching the number of people; balancing the number of participants; making up the numbers

Chinese chef's knife (resembles a cleaver)

dōjin writer; fanfiction writer; fan-based writer; coterie author

self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-appraisal; self-audit

boat burial

searcher; seeker

attic; attic space

VTuber fan; devotee of virtual YouTuber content

to play along (during a conversation); to pretend to agree

hiking route (up a mountain); climbing route

weighted allocation (budget, dividends, etc.)

pre-cooling; cooling one's body before physical activity in hot weather

ice slurry

sports drink

cooling vest

ninth dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

photo shop; photo studio

to walk around aimlessly; to stroll; to amble

new martyr; neomartyr

parent cell

coolcation (vacation in a region with a cool climate)

trekking shoes; hiking shoes

hot buy; hot item; popular product

spatiotemporal art; spatial-temporal art

IV stand

kite photography; kite aerial photography; KAP

LASH; lighter aboard ship

in total

(that is) in; (that is) at

community development

having good luck (e.g. in drawing a card or tile in a game)

drawing one's desired prize from a lottery (as opposed to purchasing directly or acquiring through trade)

urn (for hot water); pot; boiler

transistor megaphone; electronic megaphone

to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs

to measure over again; to reweigh

well then ...; well now ...; now, let's see

careful reading; close reading

Taniyama-Shimura conjecture (former name of the modularity theorem)

honest government official