Vocabulary

baboon

one's daily bread

thin udon noodles (served chilled)

cold tofu (served with condiments)

glacial acetic acid

flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae)

bungalow; one-story house

tail light; tail lamp; rear light

needy circumstances; living in poverty

freedom; liberty; independence

returning no more (usu. of a person who has died); dying

lottery; tombola; drawing

dandruff

joints

police questioning (of a suspicious person); police checkup

symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk)

covered drain

hemming

humble cottage; hut

hermaphrodite; androgyny; hermaphroditism

treadwheel (e.g. for pumping water into fields); treadmill

consideration; comparison; balancing

long-sleeved kimono

old river

feudal warrior; samurai

(pent-up) anger; indignation; resentment; irritation

placing side by side; running simultaneously (e.g. classes); juxtaposition

annexation; absorption; merger; swallowing up

level; ordinary

farewell cup; farewell dinner

beautiful woman; pretty girl

(shrine or temple) donation register; subscription book; subscription list

presentation (to someone of high status); submitting; offering

laughing oneself into convulsions; splitting one's sides laughing; rolling with laughter

confusedly; perplexity

tolerance; magnanimity; comprehension

catching and killing

raisins; currants; dried grapes

conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell

carving; engraving; sculpture