Vocabulary

cream stew; chicken and vegetable stew with bechamel sauce or fresh cream

machine; mechanism; gadget

four characters; four letters

skin fade (haircut)

tummy; tumtum

grain (esp. rice)

midway (through); halfway

rim lock

cryptography; cryptographic theory

digital renminbi; digital yuan; e-CNY

carrier strike group; CSG

to throw (oneself); to hurl; to cast; to fling

downwards direction; downstream

room used by political officials (Edo period)

world of mankind; this world

frog hunting ritual

and; thereupon; because of that

molten salt electrolysis; fused-salt electrolysis

the four Fujiwara families; Fujiwara clan

Hokke (northern branch of the Fujiwara clan, Heian period)

another place; somewhere else; elsewhere

Kumon

naval militia; maritime militia

medium amount of wealth; middling property

model

foodie (person with an avid interest in food)

to get excited

right of way (e.g. in sailing)

scudding (in sailing)

running order (esp. in a relay race)

xeroderma; xerodermia; xerosis; dry skin

lack of reflection (on one's conduct, failures, etc.); lack of self-examination; lack of introspection

paper container; paper packaging

to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead

buying near the top of the market

small hydropower; micro hydro; small-scale hydroelectric power generation

revocation; revoking

zero-day vulnerability

erosion control dam; barrier against debris-slide

bored by the familiar, intrigued by novelty; domestic chicken and wild duck