Vocabulary

protease

enzyme

telolecithal egg (egg having the yolk situated primarily at one end)

homolecithal egg (egg having a yolk that is evenly distributed throughout)

starfish; sea star; asteroid; any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea

false strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha); mock strawberry

false strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha); mock strawberry

bouncy ball

Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

ultra-precision machining; ultra-precision cutting

precision machining; precision cutting

Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

powder metallurgy

Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

bamboo growing along a river bank

Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake

Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake

Chinese temple bamboo (Sinobambusa tootsik); tootsik bamboo

Chinese bamboo; bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes)

video game; computer game; console game

alloy

stone bathtub

bathtub or onsen made of (or surrounded by) rocks

simple hot spring (containing less than one thousand ppm of dissolved minerals)

saline spring

acidic spring

Crusade

crusader

animal under treatment; patient (referring to pets)

random-access memory; RAM

lamp

lampshade

lamp wick

local area network; LAN

hacksaw; bow saw

Indian cobra; spectacled cobra; Asian cobra (Naja naja)

spectacled cobra; Indian cobra; Asian cobra (Naja naja)

king cobra; hamadryad (Ophiophagus hannah)