Vocabulary

election monitoring

tail end; tailender; last person (to arrive, finish etc.); dead last

bottom; last; last place

last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender

last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender

last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender

last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender

last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender

mutant strain; mutated variant; mutant species

dear me

uncool; bad-looking; unattractive; unsophisticated; provincial; hick

country gentleman (esp. one that's slightly unrefined); squire

vineyard

box-shaped heavy armour, esp. used on horseback; ō-yoroi

acoustic matching

president of the party; party leader

hanafuda

cramming in (many small things); jumbling together

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

female vampire; vampiress

joining a club as a trial

would-be crime abandoned before being carried out

luckily; blessedly; fortunately

to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to put in all one's effort

commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental

very little (amount); next to nothing; hardly any; paltry; meagre

industrial conveyor (belt, chain, etc.)

expected overtime (stipulated as a specific number of hours)

imitation gold

therefore; because of this; for this reason

to give one's everything; to do one's best

to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted

jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point

first train (of the day)

murder for pleasure; lust murder

hanging vase for flower arrangements; hanging flower vase

Chinese spiranthis (Spiranthes sinensis var. amoena)

terrific; staggering; tremendous; incredible; extreme

inubō karuta (type of iroha karuta originating in Edo)