Vocabulary

psychic trauma; psychological trauma

psychological trauma

basking in the sun

basking in the sun

Asteraceae (family of flowering plants comprising the asters, daisies, sunflowers, etc.); Compositae

Artemisia (genus of plants containing mugworts, wormwoods, etc.)

Asclepiadaceae (milkweed family)

rough potato (Metaplexis japonica)

Metaplexis japonica

Metaplexis japonica

slot machine

wife who lives elsewhere but regularly visits her husband

dreamy state of mind

taste masking agent; flavoring substance

father

homophobia

misogyny

arrival; visit; call

self-knowledge; knowing oneself

duckling; baby duck

forktail bullhead (species of catfish, Pelteobagrus nudiceps)

becoming its own goal

attitudinal expression; expression of treatment; expression indicating the speaker's respect, contempt, etc. towards the target

pejorative term; derogatory word; invective

pejorative term; derogatory word; invective

elegant speech (esp. the use of the prefixes "o-" and "go-"); refined language; polite language

poor argument

poor; unskillful; clumsy

bad habit; harm

younger sister

dullard; halfwit

older sister

foolish man

cat scratch fever

acute coronary syndrome; ACS

agreement used to prevent unauthorized or faked divorce by couples in Japan in the future

we; us

disposal; throwing away; scrapping (something)

feeder

technical term; technical terminology