Vocabulary

broad-brimmed cooking pot for rice

mock sword for ceremonial use

natural island

perceptual disorder; disturbance of perception; sensory disturbance

tinnitus and tingling or shock-like sensations (as withdrawal symptoms from coming off antidepressants)

small okonomiyaki-like cake cooked in an iron cast pan with circular molds (eaten in eastern Japan)

one hand

very large pecs (on a man)

liquor store

first in history

bulimia

secondary disorder; secondary disease; secondary impairment

time management

single non-transferable vote; SNTV

single transferable vote; STV

Northern Chinese; Mandarin

sending (an email, text message, etc.) to the wrong person; mistakenly sent message

Barbados shrub (Pereskia aculeata); Barbados gooseberry; leaf cactus; lemonvine

shandy

super happy; wonderful; delightful; awesome

to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable

here and there; various places; all around; all over; everywhere; throughout

first preliminary figure

crunchy

seasonally adjusted figure

annualized rate

ultra-luxury; super high-class

degree of dependence on foreign imports

dollar-yen rate; USD-JPY exchange rate

deflationary trend

2021-2023 lumber shortage

imported goods; imports

tapering

foreign capital

luxury resort; high-class resort

ironically

central business district; CBD

central business district; CBD

administrative and financial reforms

drastic change; sea change; major turnaround