Vocabulary

stand for tea bowls (tea ceremony)

rest for the lid of a teakettle (tea ceremony)

silk pouch with drawstring for holding a tea caddy (tea ceremony)

primary circuit

first time; initial

to able to enter the New Year (i.e. have work finished, debts paid, etc.)

business partner

right of first refusal; (right of) preemption; purchase option

open city declaration

open city; defenseless city

interoperation

exercise to help digestion

number of hours

man-hour management; manpower management

daytime hours

Yūbari melon (sweet orange melon grown in Yūbari City, Hokkaido)

large sake cup

stairlift; (home) chair lift

side parting; hair parted to one side

articulated bus; bendy bus

whale soup

whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus); whippoorwill

chiffon cake; sponge cake

granular

nine shallow, one deep (ancient Chinese sexual technique)

red kidney bean

Socialist Masses Party

Okinawa Socialist Masses Party

Socialist Masses Party (1932-1940)

morning soap opera; morning television serial

to stand on end (of hair)

hair-raising; bloodcurdling; horrible; shocking; gruesome

expiry date; use-by date; date of expiry

historical times; historical period

to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about

(pedestrian) crosswalk signal

to have a stuffed nose; to have a stuffy nose

ferrite

ferrite

sericite