Vocabulary

Wallenberg syndrome; lateral medullary syndrome

induced mutation

spontaneous mutation

angle plate; angle rest; right angle

induced mutation

muzzle (of a dog, cat, etc.)

magic; witchcraft; sorcery

number token (received upon depositing one's shoes, e.g. at a public bathhouse)

wallhack

anniversary

Cardiandra alternifolia (species of hydrangea)

(alien) registration card

first choice

outsourcing development, etc. to regional cities

artesian well

embers; charred firewood

polar axis

coast guard

tenor

starting block (in swimming); starting box

marathon; marathon race

steel rule; steel scale; steel ruler

linear scale; machine scale; rule; measure

shareholder benefit

subcontractor; outsourcee

byssus

Japan Mint

momentary thought; brief consideration

extraordinary person

biographer

chain bridge

omphalitis

antiseptic

faculty of political science and economics; school of political science and economics

asbestos

area between Osaka and Kobe (Amagasaki, Nishinomiya, Ashiya)

Greater Osaka

coloring principle

foreigner complex; (supposed) Japanese feeling of inferiority towards foreigners (particularly Westerners)

socially aware novel