Vocabulary

spoon race (i.e. egg and spoon race)

plaster (type of bandage)

soapstone

Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati

the path to Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land)

anti-money laundering law

nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land

Amitabha's Pure Land (composed of nine levels)

nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land

variable cost

long johns; long underpants; long underwear

shafts (attached to the yoke of a cart, plow, etc.)

classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

independent training (e.g. of athletes working without a coach)

independent training (e.g. of athletes working without a coach)

basis; foundation; origin; source

leaving work; clocking out

wort (beer before yeast is added); sweet wort

hump

male monkey

fortress (surrounded by a wall, moat, etc.)

the two solstices (summer and winter)

autumn equinoctal point

solstitial point

winter solstitial point

gap (in a mountain ridge)

jazz club

pitchblende

pitchblende

uraninite

United Nations Security Council

United Nations Development Programme

Earth Summit

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

United Nations Environment Program; UNEP

United Nations Environment Program; UNEP

United Nations Forces

Geneva Conference on Disarmament

United Nations Economic and Social Council

United Nations Charter