Vocabulary

misophonia

job satisfaction; quality of work life; reason to work

stellar astronomy

goulash

poison fire coral (Podostroma cornu-damae)

in its entirety; whole; wholly

(rolling) a 1 and a 6 (with two dice)

April 16 incident (arrests of communists and members of other anti-government groups; 1929)

to be on a roll; to be in a good spot; to be on a (winning) streak

tiding over a difficult situation; stopgap; quick fix

finality; purposiveness

Edo period to early Meiji non-working day falling on all days of the month with a 1 or a 6 in it (when written in kanji numerals, i.e. the 1st, 11th, 16th, 21st and 26th days of the month)

telling a patient how long they have left to live; giving a diagnosis of terminal illness

big spender

healthy soldier

(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.)

(place that is like a) second home; home away from home

mixed-race heritage; mixed heritage

academic forum

first wintry wind in fall

be; is

international strait

diced, pickled daikon (eaten as an accompaniment to fried chicken)

Red Flag Incident (suppression and arrest of participants of anarcho-communist rally in Tokyo; June 22, 1908)

(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.)

balanced contraction; diminishing equilibrium; reductive balance

misremembering; remembering incorrectly; mistaken memory

bread (sandwich, etc.) for breakfast

folding umbrella

safety breaker

molded-case circuit breaker; MCCB

earthquake detection

seismic breaker; earthquake-sensitive circuit breaker

improvement work (construction); betterment

lure; artificial bait

the '70s; the seventies

selling exchange

four-fold hardship; quadruple whammy

compensation payment (for co-operating e.g. with a voluntary government scheme)

L-shaped