Vocabulary

ninaidaiko; drum carried on a pole, used in bugaku and gagaku performances

fire cloud; pyrocumulus cloud; flammagenitus

urinal; men's toilet

woman purported to bring bad luck to the man she is near or has sex with

primacy effect

recency effect

tea ceremony procedure; tea ceremony etiquette

one's true feelings and one's official stance (which may be at odds); one's real motive and one's stated reason

coronary artery disease; coronary heart disease; CAD

wolf moon; first full moon of the year

necromancer

necromancer

congenital central hypoventilation syndrome; CCHS

alveolar hypoventilation

notch; indentation; crena; incisure; foramen

declawing; onychectomy

nail removal; declawing

Celt; Celtic person

Finns (ethnic group); Finnish people

fortune teller; diviner

ophicleide (brass instrument, organ stop)

declawing

plump; chubby

digital nomad

false labeling; false advertising

fraudulent claim of product origin

detailed annotation; full annotation

to be nitpicky; to be fault-finding

logical empiricism

diplomatic efforts

to have mixed feelings of love and hatred; to love and hate equally

cross-strait relations; relations between mainland China and Taiwan

having no fixed days off; having no regular closing days; having no regular holidays

bothersome; tiresome

PvP battle; battle between human players (as opposed to AI)

glass for serving Japanese shaved ice

progressive lens; multifocal lens

inner layer of clothing; inner garment (other than underwear)

early snowfall (compared to an average year)

snow whirling in the wind