Vocabulary

sororate marriage

seven tenths; seventy percent

Hong Kong orchid tree (Bauhinia blakeana)

multimeter

ultrahigh temperature; superhigh temperature; extreme heat

ultra-high-temperature processing; UHT; ultra-pasteurization

power balance; balance of power

great sage

public safety commission

visiting an island; trip to an island

passport

heat treatment; heating

solar storm

notice of absence; form requesting post office to hold mail during an extended absence

voluntary liquidation; voluntary closure (of business)

Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature (Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West, Water Margin, and The Plum in the Golden Vase)

natural history specimen

business operator

regular customer; general audience; general public

intellectual disability

elimination (esp. from a tournament)

analog person; person not good with technology

for the present; for the time being

you say tomato, I say tomato; (your) Goethe ("Gyoete") is whom I call Goethe ("Gēte")

fertility

fascinating; bewitching; dazzling; entrancing

intellectual disability; mental disability

the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest

the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest

no penalty; no punishment; acquittal; impunity

female university student

female junior high school student

female elementary school student

path of life; the world

chivalrous spirit; chivalry

palanquin; litter; bier

death by heatstroke; heat-related death

mil-réis (former monetary unit of Brazil)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; JAXA

unrealized loss; paper loss