Vocabulary

green lacewing (esp. species Chrysopa intima)

suboscines (songbirds of suborder Tyranni)

young sweetfish

white person; whitey; honkie

Ministry of Central Affairs (under the ritsuryō system)

Ministry of Civil Administration (under the ritsuryō system)

Ministry of Popular Affairs (1869-1871)

Oversight Department of the Left (overseeing the Ministries of Central Affairs, Ceremonies, Civil Administration and Popular Affairs; ritsuryō system)

Japanese-language education (for non-native speakers)

Japanese linguistics

closed syllable

hangul script (North Korean name)

kanji (as opposed to kana)

book written entirely in kanji

flip book; flick book

mounted bandit (esp. in north-east China from the end of the Qing dynasty)

pornographic video; salacious video

lyric sheet; card with the lyrics to a song

book of lyrics

opening of a pool (e.g. for the summer season)

payment in kind

rice cracker

question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook

hidden camera (for illegal or immoral purposes)

yeast mash; yeast starter

kuruma prawn (esp. a small one, i.e. less than 10 cm in length)

draft horse; cart horse

banded coral shrimp (Stenopus hispidus); coral banded shrimp; banded boxer shrimp

Japanese crayfish (Cambaroides japonicus)

crayfish (esp. red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii)

shrimp (infraorder Caridea)

lobster

striped shore crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)

blue king crab (Paralithodes platypus)

red-clawed crab (Chiromantes haematocheir)

research project (e.g. at school); independent research

guarana (tree); Paullinia cupana

member (of a research project)

concave land hermit crab (Coenobita cavipes)

porcelain crab (any decapod crustacean of family Porcellanidae)