Vocabulary

interests of a ministry; departmental interests

tofu-like dish made with edamame

bossy person; self-appointed manager; bossyboots

to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)

duration

hen's egg (esp. in Chinese cuisine)

well-pickled vegetables

quick-pickled vegetables

Home, Sweet Home

flower reading; fortune-telling based on plucking the petals off a flower

(one's) current position; current location; present position

dried, fried broad beans

dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

family photo

soil erosion

grower; cultivator; planter; farmer

rare stone; unusual stone

water molecule

(written) explanation; explanatory label (e.g. in a museum); information sign (e.g. at a tourist spot); instructions (e.g. for a product)

document name

person who has succeeded (at something)

to leave of one's own accord

diurnal variation (temperature, etc.); daily variation; diel cycle

electricity consumption (esp. of an electric vehicle); electric mileage

hinona (Japanese variety of long-rooted pickling turnip, Brassica rapa var. akana)

free stock (in grafting); compatible rootstock

oblique muscle

intensive course; crash course

quick method; shortcut (to); royal road

Mars rover

scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle

salt flat; salt pan

apathy; indifference; listlessness; dullness

leafy vegetables; green vegetables

CHAdeMO (electric vehicle charging system)

running out of electricity (esp. an electric vehicle); having an empty battery

dogecoin (cryptocurrency); DOGE

full charge (battery, condenser)

electric bicycle; e-bike

battery-assisted bicycle; electric bicycle; e-bike