Vocabulary

one's nose wrinkles (from a strong stench)

personal record; personal best

student number (for seating, etc. in class)

post-game analysis (go, chess, othello, etc.); post mortem

not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)

unlined kimono worn as an undergarment by court nobles

cost-cutting; cost reduction

secret swordsmanship (of a specific school); secret traditions of fencing

fleshiness; plumpness

becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed

planetarium

slow

to have (one's) time taken up

fence; bulwark; guarding wall

Japanese Industrial Standards; JIS

Tanka people (of southern China)

mountain villages and neighbouring agricultural, forest, etc. areas

mountain village (region)

ejection (of spent shell casings)

on the occasion of; at the time of

carriageway marking; lane marker; compartment line; division line

noisy voices

terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it

lower side; lower edge; lower border; lower hem

revival house; repertory cinema; theater showing classic films

quality control; QC

vertical

organized crime

table tennis table; ping-pong table

sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting, with a rectangular blade

total quality control; TQC

jury mast

consumption of goods (as opposed to services)

consumption of services (as opposed to goods); buying experiences

inbetween (in animation); inbetweening; tween; tweening

to take turns doing; to do in rotation

to be led by; to be headed by

domoic acid

pull-back spring (toy cars, etc.)

yeah; you're right; that's right