Vocabulary

paste brush; pasting brush

continental United States; mainland United States

twig; wand

mill; grinding mill

sample book; pattern book

machine-made

preparatory school for examinees; cram school

adhesive tape

secondary material; subsidiary material

portrait-oriented; longitudinally oriented

landscape-oriented; transversely oriented

allelopathy

mandatory vehicle liability insurance

hull of a warship

ascertainment; certain knowledge

return (of the emperor, empress, shogun, etc.)

tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); winter peony

frictional resistance; frictional drag; frictional force

establishment of the shogunate; founding a shogunate

to file a lawsuit; to go to court; to go to trial

checking (someone's) vital signs

moderate illness

hypoxemia

blood purification

cost center; cost centre

profit center; profit centre

(work) shirker; goldbricker; good-for-nothing employee; salary thief

thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal

the way things are now; current condition

eight-strand braid (rope); single braid

16-strand braided (rope)

extended colors; extended colours

Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce

roller skating

hysterosalpingography; uterosalpingography

house party

telephone conference (between heads of state, etc.)

military invasion

teleconference; video conferencing

Swatch