Vocabulary

flexure; bending

baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread

local public body

one's best form

evergreen (glossy-leaved) forest

exiting a room

safety pin

anion

family doctor; family physician; general practitioner; GP

sweetness and saltiness; salted and sweetened taste

Environmental Dispute Coordination Commission

mistress; kept woman; concubine

Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

itinerary; travel plans

hunter; huntsman

verdigris; green rust; copper rust

exemplification; illustration; example

cold reception; inhospitality

exposure; disclosure

recitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)

fumigation; smoking (out)

wrinkle; crease

quarrel; dispute; argument

one mountain

ancient writing (Edo-period or older); classical literature

early-summer rain

asbestos

suicide by drowning; drowning oneself

captive; prisoner

rainfall; rainy weather; rain

high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; high-pressure salesman

syphilis

magatama; comma-shaped bead from prehistoric Japan, usually made of jade

paralysis; palsy; stupor

endpaper (of a book); end-paper

one place; the same place

passion; sexual desire; lust

tender nurture; affectionate rearing; raising with loving care

cunning; craft; guile; slyness

gastrocamera; gastroscope; upper GI endoscope