Vocabulary

if everyone crosses against the red light together, there's nothing to be afraid of; there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it

absolute respectful speech; absolute honorifics

relative respectful speech; relative honorifics

Asama-Sanso incident (hostage crisis and police siege; February 1972)

central America

ceiling fan

imperial princess

dull; stupid; thickheaded

(young) man adhering to a masculine version of gyaru fashion (usually marked by hair dyed brown or blond, gaudy clothes and accessories)

female ninja

stockout; out of stock

queen ant

House of Councillors election; upper house election

grid-line (e.g. in spreadsheet); enclosing line

hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)

to pull oneself together; to get one's act together; to brace oneself

to hoop; to put a hoop on; to bind a barrel with hoops

group delay (in fibre optics, fiber optics)

group velocity (in fibre optics, fiber optics)

phase velocity

house boat

to abide by the verdict

approved plan or drawing

attributing a sequence number (packet, message, etc.)

face plant; landing on one's face

the whole day; all the day

the whole week; all the week

the whole month; all the month

the whole month; all the month

the whole year; all the year

chickpea (Cicer arietinum); garbanzo bean

barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet

something to rely on; aid; clue; way; means

incense maker; perfumer

unlearned; uneducated

train that stops at every station; local train

Sri Lanka

(impedance) transformer

interested parties; persons concerned; stakeholder

to steal; to rob; to take away