Vocabulary

district resident; inhabitant of a county

we have a result!; game over!; match!

death from natural causes

Muhammad

Muhammad; Mohammad

Shakti (Hindu goddess)

Allahu akbar; Allah akbar; God is great

Zarathustra; Zarathushtra; Zoroaster

youtiao; deep-fried dough; Chinese cruller; Chinese fried churro

emergency early warning (cellphone, email, etc.); emergency alert

rhythm method (for conceiving); calendar method

weather warning

advisory level (1-5, 5 being the most severe); warning level

go ahead and try; why don't you give it a go?

currying favour with China; pandering to China

mono-awase; Heian period poetry, paintings, etc. comparison game

kai-awase; Heian-period shell-matching game

cute; adorable

leaking through of light (e.g. through a curtain); light leakage

Mary Jane (adult anime brand)

full lips; thick lips

kokkuri; divination technique similar to table turning and planchette

adult male; man

something worthless; something impure; something unimportant; dried excrement in the shape of a stick

resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness

needle felting

needle felting

tipster; dopester; tout

such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...

scoring combination consisting of the January, February and March 5-point cards

scoring combination consisting of the June, September, and October 5-point cards

very big; very large

optional rule

mid-bright purple

thermite; thermit

kojishi; noh mask representing a young lion

daini (type of playing cards)

komaru (type of playing cards)

mefuda (type of playing cards)

kabuki play presented in the third month (Edo period)