Vocabulary

sex toy

dildo (made of horn, shell or papier-mâché)

diagnostic drug; diagnostic pharmaceutical

gene polymorphism

ticket collector; collecting tickets

self-extracting (file)

apoptosis

gusuku (Okinawan castle or fortress)

eddies of wind around high buildings

xylitol (artificial sweetener); artificial wood sugar (xylose)

airfare

stray cat

retainer fee (e.g. for a lawyer)

civil legal aid system (e.g. legal aid for poor people)

civil legal aid system (e.g. legal aid for poor people)

trial management (e.g. by the court)

physical restraint (e.g. by police); (taking into) custody; detention

public transmission rights (e.g. putting copyrightable material on the web, etc.)

public recitation right (e.g. reciting a poem in a bookstore)

(movie) distribution rights

lending rights (for copyrighted works under Japan's copyright law)

sales channels; (product) distribution channels

Personal Status Actions Procedure Law (e.g. divorce actions)

locale

localization; localisation

government; government service; the bureaucracy

distinguishing mark

ozeki wrestler's attempt to reach the rank of yokozuna; being eligible for promotion to yokozuna

coach's name-use license (licence)

flow of electric current; supply of power; turning on electricity; applying electric current; passing an electric current (through)

English-English dictionary

English-English dictionary

unattended (video, audio) recording

combined liquor store and bar; combined off-license and pub (licence)

gossip

defined contribution pension plan

vehicle for disabled persons; assistive vehicle

uvula

very old type of kiln made by digging a hole in the side of a hill

Sue ware (type of unglazed pottery made from the middle of the Kofun era through the Heian era)