Vocabulary

friend code (number used to identify a user on Nintendo consoles)

iron rust; iron hydroxide

opposite side; other side

lacquerer; lacquer craftsman; lacquer artist

used item in good condition

dependent relative; dependent family member

standing on one leg; single leg stance

baggy pants; baggy trousers

Shintoist

all-terrain vehicle; ATV; quad bike

house across the street; neighbor across the street

ocean liner

to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue

it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...

Gayla kite

sending logs downstream bound together in rafts; floating bound timber downstream; timber rafting

euphoric face (from taking drugs)

picaresque novel

home death; dying at home

most-read newspaper (in a region)

graveyard; burial ground; cemetery

paleopathology

fishing net; fishing net accessories

edge effect

lineage; pedigree; ancestry

sending logs downstream bound together in rafts; floating bound timber downstream; timber rafting

upcycling; creative reuse

crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis

integumentary system

chōfu-maki (traditional Japanese sweet)

ban-sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon

ban-sugoroku board (usu. wooden); sugoroku board

digital nomad; location-independent (digital) worker

location-independent (digital) work

working as a digital nomad; working independent of location

Kentucky Fried Chicken; KFC

adiposis; lipidosis; steatosis

obesity; excess of fat

shut up!; be quiet!

meeting of the stars Vega and Altair (on the night of Tanabata); meeting of the two love stars