Vocabulary

Great Awakening (18th century American Christian revival movement)

Nagasaki-e; print produced in Nagasaki during the Edo period

diacritical mark; diacritic

adjectival noun; na-adjective

long grain (paper)

strips of shark cartilage served with dried plum

alert dialog (dialogue); alert dialog box; warning dialog; warning dialog box

5S (workplace organization system); Sort, Set in order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain

hologram

ring announcer

going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out

colored wood-free paper (coloured)

colored wood-free paper (coloured)

(ink) vehicle; base; medium

overprint varnish

thick (paper, etc.)

extra-thin (paper, etc.)

extra-thick (paper, etc.)

to choose as one's capital; to have as one's capital

newly introduced word (e.g. in a textbook); new word (to learn); new vocabulary

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

non-refundable restoration fee (when moving out of a property); money withheld from a deposit

semi-express (train service); express service for part of a route

suspension or abolition; suspension or discontinuation

city at night; town at night; streets at night

sayagata (pattern of interlocking swastikas)

long blast of a ship's horn

glib; smooth-talking; silver-tongued

surrender flag; white flag

five-starred Red Flag; flag of China

rich (taste); dark-coloured; thick; heavy

authentic (to the region it is from); in the original style

end leaves; top leaves; last leaves

end leaves; top leaves; last leaves

breast-feeding pillow; nursing cushion

screen name; username; handle

platoon commander; section commander

hamburger shop; hamburger restaurant; hamburger joint

to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out

after-work run