Vocabulary

lamb's-ear (Stachys byzantina)

lamb's-ear (Stachys byzantina)

postal delivery zone; postal zone

colored; color-tinted

animal protection

to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit

non-volitional; involuntary; spontaneous; unintentional

vanishing from sight (usu. via magic, camouflage. etc.); disappearing; hiding

set-up box; rigid box of paper-coated cardboard

to emit a voice; to emit a sound

reason for arrest

wood-free paper; woodfree paper; fine paper; free sheet paper

unforgettable; impossible to forget; lucidly remember

and so on; and so forth; et cetera; and such; and the like

burnable garbage; burnable waste

nonburnable garbage; nonflammables

drunken interaction (usu. unpleasant)

sleeper hold; chokehold from behind

school inter-class ball-game competition

striking technique

submission (wrestling, judo, etc.)

side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore

neighbourhood; vicinity; nearby

strong, independent woman; woman with imposing manner and behaviour

parfait eaten at the end of a meal

traffic jams at the end of a (multi-day) holiday caused by returning vacation-goers

warming up (food) in a microwave

-like; resembling; similar to

(professional) interpreter

non-Japanese person who has adopted a Japanese lifestyle

small drink; small amount of alcohol

Mu (legendary lost continent)

disabling; invalidation; nullification; override; voiding; circumvention

brut; sweetness designation of a dry sparkling wine

on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned

intermittent river; intermittent stream

dried-up river; wadi; dry arroyo

perennial river; perennial stream; permanent river

(going out for) sushi in Ginza

to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on