Vocabulary

stripping ratio

seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness

star quality

good-luck charm

commander (JMSDF)

lieutenant-commander (JMSDF)

officer cadet (JSDF)

airman third class (JASDF)

airman second class (JASDF)

airman first class (JASDF)

staff sergeant (JASDF)

technical sergeant (JASDF)

master sergeant (JASDF)

senior master sergeant (JASDF)

warrant officer (JASDF)

lower-grade officer rank (JMSDF)

retaliatory tariff

pneuma; spirit; soul

colonel (JASDF)

simplification; simplifying

colonel (JGSDF)

volunteer-run cafeteria providing free or inexpensive meals to children and others in need

resistant starch

protease-resistant protein; PrP

listener ratings (radio, etc.); listenership

preparing a bath; running a bath

exorcism

even in bustling cities there are places that have a rural quality to them; (even) Kyoto is rustic in places

the dreams of Kyoto, the dreams of Osaka

people are formed by their surroundings; walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble; that which is dyed with ink becomes black

even an unruly horse can be tamed

horse that bites people; biter

something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse comes out from a gourd

good luck does not last; a poor priest's two memorial services (being so close in time the priest can only eat at one of them)

experimentalism; experientialism

positivism

neorealism

Italian neorealism (esp. in film)

three outs

two outs