Vocabulary

litchi (Nephelium litchi); lychee

mob; crowd of people

pair lift (ski)

single lift (ski)

air pirate; air piracy

guard station; guard house; guard post

call for attention; alert; heads-up; reminder

free translation; liberal translation

on-the-spot inspection; on-site inspection

subprime

inter-location; inter-company; inter-office

item response theory; IRT

structured bond

window cleaning

sale of goods (as opposed to services)

sickness bag; sick bag; vomit bag; motion sickness bag

having no sense of taste

underlying technology; technical premise; precursor technology

existing technology; conventional technology; prior art

growth forecast

industrial output; industrial production

food expenses; food prices

central bank

economic growth forecast

governor of a central bank

governor of a central bank

multipurpose knife; Swiss Army knife

respirator; breathing apparatus

fire blanket

emergency blanket

stairwell

anxiety or stress-induced inability to go to work

highlighter (pen)

wet season; rainy season

non-sentence; ungrammatical sentence

gōdō gaisha; Japanese LLC; GK; form of business modeled after the American limited liability company

regionalism; sectionalism; localism

class A river; specified waterways of special importance protected by the government

hammer (of a gun)

demagoguery; demagogy