Vocabulary

ornithologist

Japanese crested ibis

genetic pollution

machigumi; self-governing organization for towns and cities (Muromachi to Meiji periods)

ago; before the present

bad; poor; shoddy

Chinese characters; hanzi; kanji

pulmonary function; lung function

true

menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards

appropriation; theft

words of regret

(only) one sword

great sword; grand sword

scrubbing (with water); cleaning

longer type of wakizashi (short sword)

hitting the left side of the torso (in kendo)

global navigation (of a website)

global navigation (of a website)

escapement (mechanism)

large encyclopedia

meju (dried fermented soybeans)

Koryo-saram (ethnic Koreans of the former Soviet Union)

displaced orphans; displaced children

grandmother; grandma

grandfather; grampa

Inner Mongolia (China)

Scythia

rain period; rainy season

pojangmacha (stall or restaurant serving Korean street food)

unmistakable; evident; outright; authentic

to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority

to the end; entirely; in full

to glare around

false phimosis; false foreskin; pseudophimosis

by choice; by preference; willingly; for the love of it; for the fun of it

I don't care; how should I know?; who cares?

sound of someone (being near or coming)

stopper; plug; (nose) tissue

beginning and intermediate