Vocabulary

gift economy; grant economy

self-management; self-imposed control

the old left (school of thought)

neuroeconomics

social brain; social brains

doing ... until one goes bankrupt; doing ... until one goes broke

Turkey

to stay (at); to stop (at)

to stay (at); to stop (at)

private jet

to do (for someone)

social brain; social brains

tenacity of weeds; stubbornness of weeds

Great Qing Empire (China; 1644-1912); Qing dynasty

Austro-Hungarian Empire; Austria-Hungary

countdown party

wet-looking (esp. hair); wettish

Australian English

asbestosis

the blind masses; the ignorant masses; the unenlightened masses

(a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears

battalion commander

saltiness

fixed phrase; canned phrase; standard wording; template; boilerplate

(I'm) shocked

payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages

host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room

way one sits (or stands) when defecating (esp. of pets)

squatting (usu. with elbows on knees)

kahuna; Hawaiian wise man or shaman

party not named in (this) court case; non-party; person outside a suit

private practice; one-person business

intermediate host

airsoft gun

hand with a total value of 10 or 20 points (in oicho-kabu; results in a loss)

nine (in mekuri karuta)

mature-aged man still living with his parents

Japanese style

not being late (for school, work, etc. over a certain period); never being late

truant child; child who refuses to attend school