Vocabulary

denial-of-service attack; DoS attack

Secure Sockets Layer; SSL

HTML; Hypertext Markup Language

XML; Extensible Markup Language

common gateway interface; CGI

instant messaging (messenger, message); IM

kooky girl

railgun (gun in which a conductive projectile is propelled using electromagnetic force)

coilgun (gun in which a magnetic projectile is propelled using electromagnetic coils)

semi-recent release (usu. video)

Japanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans)

Japanese honeybee (Apis cerana japonica)

Western honeybee; European honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Okinawan habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis)

Taiwanese habu (Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus)

horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)

real wasabi (as opposed to Western horseradish)

Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)

eel-like sea creature (i.e. saltwater eels, sea snakes, etc.)

common Japanese conger eel (Conger myriaster); whitespotted conger

asp viper (Vipera aspis)

viper (esp. a pitless viper)

European adder (Vipera berus)

asp (Naja haje); Egyptian cobra

asp (Naja haje); Egyptian cobra

union shop system (employment of only union members)

open shop system (employment of both unionists and non-unionists)

closed shop system (employment of only union members)

boue chauffante (self-heating mud-pack for cosmetic purposes)

wire gauge

wire rope

wiping

one run of a television series

two runs of a television series

illegal residence (in a country); illegal stay; illegal overstaying (of a visa)

illegal resident (in a country); illegal alien; illegal overstayer (person who has overstayed their visa)

Anton's syndrome

Burkitt's lymphoma

eel donburi; bowl of rice topped with eel

broiled eel (usu. mixed into rice)