Vocabulary

picogram

picocurie

tugrik (currency of Mongolia); tughrik; tögrög

specially designated vacant house; vacant house that has been declared dangerous or dilapidated by the local authority and may be subject to higher taxes, fines or demolition

tyranny

ocular micrometer; eyepiece micrometer

stage micrometer

promo; promotion

Yerevan (Armenia); Erevan

former visit

robustness

robustness

flip clock; flap clock

slip-on lid; lid going over the edges

being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town

to have one's ability acknowledged by others; to be appreciated for one's skill

day of blooming

Firefox (web browser)

beauty is only skin-deep; one gets tired of a beauty in three days

floating boat

uncool; tacky; lame; corny

gross; disgusting

methaqualone

damaging article published by the Shūkan Bunshun weekly

pig manure

cattle manure; livestock manure; dung

ciabatta

Great Wall of Sand (Chinese land reclamation project in the Spratly Islands)

mine (ours) for the taking; something under one's full control

to set a watch; to post guards

cylindrical slab of meat on a single bone (oft. depicted in manga, anime, etc.); cartoon meat

period poverty; menstrual poverty

developmental dictatorship (authoritarian form of government that pursues rapid economic development at the expense of democratic freedoms)

ergonomic

Dirac sea

clade; family

khopesh (Egyptian sickle-shaped sword); khepesh

amulet

frantic dash; rushing at full speed

prefectural resident (of Osaka or Kyoto)