Vocabulary

heterosexual person; straight person

pre-Qin period (of China)

monkey bars; horizontal ladder

three monastic positions with management roles at a temple

three bonds (in Confucianism: master and servant, father and son, husband and wife)

a weight

manor; villa

financing plan; funding plan; cash planning

eggcup

high-pressure water

number enclosed within a circle (symbol)

dried egg powder

as is; in (its) present state; in (its) present condition

self-assessment; self-declaration; self-certification; personal statement

free city (of Germany)

commune (of medieval Europe); autonomous city

police box

excerpt; extract

mulberry root bark (Morus alba)

natural moisturizing factor; NMF

terminal cancer

single-kanji conversion (in an input method)

single-kanji dictionary (esp. for use in an input method)

stapler; paper fastener

increasing in size; becoming bigger; enlargement

microminiaturization; micro-miniaturization

classifying in patterns; typification

modelling; modeling

spanking the bottom; spanking

blog comment

comment spam (on a blog, forum, etc.)

fugu sashimi

señor

stevia

hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)

Baikal teal (species of dabbling duck, Anas formosa)

northern shoveler (species of duck, Anas clypeata); northern shoveller

four administrative positions (of the ritsuryō system: kami, suke, jou, sakan)

director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō system); chief

assistant director (second highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō system)