Vocabulary

conformist

master data

presentation of a draft bill (to parliament, diet, etc.)

regional colour (color); regional flavour (flavor)

cathedral

playing dead; feigning death; playing possum

lecture (on a special topic)

Scirpus hotarui (species of bulrush)

common cattail (Typha latifolia); broadleaf cattail; common bulrush; great reedmace

pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

pip (spot on a die)

sliding safely

guidance tile blocks for the visually impaired

electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)

electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)

giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata); marbled eel

Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)

Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)

Far Eastern brook lamprey (Lethenteron reissneri); sand lamprey

Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)

turnip-shaped whistle made of hollowed-out wood or deer horn (attached to an arrow to sound when fired)

eight-holed arrow whistle

eighth (place, position, etc.)

gill slit

gill slit

sushi topping

minnesong (12th-14th century German love song); minnesang

minnesinger

love of a knight for a courtly lady (upon which he is unable to act)

minstrel

minstrel show

samurai words and phrases

samurai words and phrases

hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing); kabane

retainer; attendant

Muraji (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to seventh highest of eight)

Edo-period hairstyle for the common man (the entire head shaved just above the ear, with the remainder tied up in the back)

female slave

transit point; transit airport; connection airport