Vocabulary

Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan (language)

brave

two

pota pota yaki (var. of senbei (rice cracker) coated with a sweet soy-sauce glaze on top)

fruit drops; fruit drop; fruit flavored bonbons

application form for business permit; business permit application form

African penguin (Spheniscus demersus); blackfooted penguin; jackass penguin; Cape penguin

bull terrier (dog breed)

rock wallaby

pademelon; paddymelon

toolache wallaby (Macropus greyi)

agile wallaby; sandy wallaby (Macropus agilis)

American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)

American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)

greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)

bean goose (Anser fabalis)

caiman; cayman (crocodilian similar to an alligator)

spectacled caiman (Caiman sclerops)

gharial (large crocodilian found on the Indian subcontinent)

false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii); Malayan gharial; Sunda gharial

red kangaroo (Osphranter rufus)

tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus spp.)

moth orchid (Phalaenopsis aphrodite)

Phalaenopsis (the moth orchid genus)

Ponerorchis graminifolia (Orchis graminifolia)

intelligent design (theory that life or the universe must have been designed by an intelligent being)

jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; (in a) crush

worker; employee; person being employed

preview of next installment (TV shows, podcasts, etc.)

employment screening; employment selection (for job applicants)

riverbank (esp. the Yangtze River)

V sign (hand gesture); peace sign

Uighur; Uigur; Uygur

elephant seal (Mirounga spp.)

northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris)

southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina)

spotted seal (Phoca largha)

black speckles; small black spots (like sprinkled sesame)