Vocabulary

staking out (in advance; e.g. a seat or a spot); saving a place; reserving a location

urbanization control area; urban control area; zoning district where most types of construction is heavily restricted

area zoned for agricultural use

subsurface exploration (geotechnical investigation)

(taking a) shortcut through the parking lot of a convenience store (to get past a red light)

devotion to one's family; fondness for one's family

long-term (business) strategy

at the risk of one's life; even if (I) die; even if it kills one (me, him, etc.)

disaster-level (heat, rainfall, etc.); extreme; severe

gray hair; grey hair

harassment related to reducing work hours (but maintaining gross productivity)

harassment related to reducing work hours (but maintaining gross productivity)

flustered; confused; panicked

being on the bench

rigidity (e.g. muscular); rigor

fibromyalgia

gross pay; total amount paid

net pay; net amount paid

to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders

tangent arc; partial circumscribed halo

chemical protective clothing; hazmat suit

face tattoo

face tattoo; facial tattoo

person who has been tattooed as a punishment for a crime (Edo period)

fake beauty mark; drawn-on beauty spot

temporary tattoo; tattoo sticker

temporary tattoo; tattoo sticker

fidelity (in a romantic relationship)

male and female (animals)

occipital neuralgia

Rouleina watasei (type of slickhead fish)

unthinking; thoughtless; heedless; inconsiderate

power

caliphate; caliphate state

sexual, etc. harassment of a female politician carried out under the threat of withholding votes

sexual, etc. harassment of a female politician carried out under the threat of withholding votes

mattress pad; mattress topper; underpad

quilted pad for beds, etc.

how others look at you; what others think about you

shellfish meat