Vocabulary

solar plane

solar pond (salty pond in which energy from solar energy accumulates in the lower layers, due to lack of convection)

solarization

solarium

laser diode

laser medicine

laser endoscope

rucksack; sack

international tension; international tensions

untouchable (of the Indian caste system)

Harijan (member of India's untouchable caste)

varna (each of the four Hindu castes)

Shudra (member of India's worker caste); Shoodra

varna (each of India's four castes)

untouchable (of India's caste system)

Kshatriya (member of India's military caste)

Vaishya (member of India's merchant-and-farmer caste); Vaisya

Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology

Lakshmi (consort of Vishnu in Hinduism)

mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque)

Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)

halal

dust

Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii)

committee system; commission system

Chagu Chagu Horse Festival (of Iwate Prefecture)

sleight of hand (e.g. in magic tricks)

conveyor belt sushi; sushi-go-round; sushi train; kaiten-zushi

used women's clothing store (catering to male clientele who purchase panties, high-school uniforms, etc. for sexual arousal)

child pornography

tan tan ramen; Szechuan dish of noodles covered with a sauce of sesame paste and chili oil

Chinese sesame paste

boiled noodles

top-grade Chinese soup stock

Jinhua ham (special Chinese ham)

dry-cured ham

prosciutto (Italian ham)

bulgogi (Korean dish of grilled beef)

health care

personal trainer; fitness trainer