Vocabulary

Japanese spirit with Western learning

Japanese-style bookbinding

Japanese-German (e.g. dictionary)

peace process

peace agreement; peace accord

peace talks; peace negotiations

reconciliation; peace; rapprochement

book bound in Japanese style

speaker

to be able to speak; to be able to talk

being bad at conversation; poor conversationalist; poor talker

speaker; narrator

parlance; manner of speaking; art of conversation

strain; deformation; warp; distortion

distortion; falsification; perversion

skewness

stress; tension

with meals; meals inclusive

wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai

side (of the torso); flank

to get lost; to lose one's bearings

crocodile; alligator

wide mouth

ferocious shark

apology

letter of apology

straw boots

straw paper; rice paper

straw paper

straw-thatching; straw-thatched roof

straw wrapper

to pluck (esp. by twisting from a tree); to pick (e.g. apples)

embayment; indentation (of a shoreline)

bowl (ceramic, porcelain)

trying one's ability

highly skilled; skillful; very capable; competent; able

push-up

bracelet; bangle

rough estimate; sloppy accounting; slapdash bookkeeping

bowl (medium-large, suitable for donburi)