Vocabulary

wild oat (Avena fatua); wild oats

scent hound; scenthound

traffic police

needle blight

treated wastewater; treated sewage

police mobile traffic unit

death toll; number of deaths; body count

police mobile traffic unit

bathyal zone; midnight zone; bathypelagic

abyssal zone

treasure mine

divine spirit of creation; god who gives birth to all things

appearance; how one looks to others

palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping

methanation

short squeeze; loss-cutting of short positions

tankan orange (Citrus tankan); tankan mandarin

dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy

Athyrium strigillosum

palanquin for high-status women (Edo Period)

touching with a finger; inserting a finger

short break; breather

state-run school (e.g. Australia, Brazil); public school; state school

traditional sea bream-shaped toy car

freely; at will; with ease

four-color cards (Chinese playing cards); four-suited chess cards

Shanghai International Settlement

white dragon tile

cloud dragon

paper tray (of a printer); paper feed tray

cooperative; helpful

uncooperative; unhelpful

hard cover (of a book); stiff cover

flat back (book spine); square back

round back (book spine)

in another dimension; in a different league

yellowish skin tone

bluish skin tone

it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...

to feel relaxed; to be soothed