Vocabulary

mercenary soldier

employee

chartering ships

employing; employment

paedomorphosis; pedomorphosis

child pornography

baby talk (e.g. "choo-choo" for train); words and speech patterns used by infants

child's mind; child's heart; young mind

(black) magic; witchcraft; sorcery

magician; sorcerer; sorceress

ghost; monster; demon; phantom; apparition

common man

lightly deep-fried tofu

landing-stage

entrance curtain (in noh)

Yangtze River (China)

pumping up water (e.g. to a high place for energy storage)

scoop wheel

unloading (a ship)

landing ship; amphibious warfare ship

aftershock; afterquake

shaking; shake; jolt; jolting; vibration; tremor

infancy; in cradle

retaining wall; breast wall; revetment

toothpick

form; situation; condition

mustard

Western language

carmine; crimson

wardrobe (esp. for Western clothes); chest of drawers; clothespress; dresser; tallboy

ablative shield (rocket)

independent inflectable word (in Japanese)

glossary; vocabulary

supplies; provisions; supplying of goods (to offices, corporations, etc.)

command; order; request

removing pots from kiln

shepherd; shepherdess

yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar

shadow of a leaf or tree

ornamental kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)