Vocabulary

double-headed

double gain

biconvex

both elbows

Shinto-Buddhist amalgamation; dual-aspect Shinto

bisect; cut in two

their Majesties the Emperor and Empress

urination and bowel movement

printing on both sides

Orient and Occident; Atlantic and Pacific

amphibian plane

both sides

(means of) enduring; tiding over; pulling through

shelter

skyscraping; very high; above the clouds; above this mortal world

seaworthiness

dormitory leader; dormitory superintendent

tollgate; tollbooth; tollhouse

restaurant

cookware; cooking gear

way of cooking; cookery; recipe

tariff; rates

cool air

cool; coolness

sea otter (Enhydra lutris)

good or bad

quantization; quantisation; quantizing

quantum chromodynamics

simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt

area distribution

strength; power; proficiency; ability

to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can

powerful swimming

leather stirrup

mechanical

(one's efforts) not being enough; not succeeding (despite one's best efforts); not being up to the task; being beyond one's ability

heavy work; manual labour

strenuous efforts; exertion

test of strength