Vocabulary

NHK Kara Kokumin wo Mamoru Tō (political party); NHK Party

NHK Kara Kokumin wo Mamoru Tō (political party); NHK Party

recent past tense (e.g. passato prossimo in Italian); present perfect

remote past tense (e.g. passato remoto in Italian)

tummy time; time spent by a baby on their stomach while awake

bouncing a ball against a wall (tennis exercise)

immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay

somehow; for some reason or other

something like ...; something called ...

double heading (using two locomotives at the front of a train); double-headed train; doubleheader

tangzhong; water roux; yudane; gelatinous paste made by heating a mixture of flour and water, used in breadmaking

hilt

kanji "box" radical (radical 17)

dry bones; skeleton

residing (abroad; of a diplomat, etc.)

exorcist

balanced line

polygraph test; lie detector test

search for corroborative evidence

white-listed country; country on a list of preferred trading partners

ill-natured; twisted

that's a different matter; that's a different story

merger (of countries); union; confederation

gamebook; choose your own adventure book

fashionable thing; popular thing; craze

unit of five (in tallies, etc.)

peanut brittle bar (from Okinawa); peanut candy

genitalia

female genitalia

female genitalia; vulva

that is to say; so that means

NHK; Japan Broadcasting Corporation

fighting

rambling talk

fighting stance; fighting pose

convection

setting up a living or ceremonial space with furnishings, implements, etc. (Heian era)

thesaurus

minimalist (person, artist)

to escape death; to be saved from death