Vocabulary

to raise someone's spirits; to enhance a mood

to feel more like (a certain mood)

facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue

red-eyed puffer (Takifugu chrysops)

nose shape; tip shape

simulcast; simultaneous broadcast

jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box

to behead

to compare (e.g. in a competition)

to threaten; to menace

know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles

hiding one's mistakes (or wrongdoings, etc.)

fascia board; facia board

hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret

cover-up

buttonhole

ornamental doorway (in the raised area of a shoin-style reception suite)

curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)

if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated; know your enemy

to fletch

to join (cloth, wood, etc.)

anilingus; analingus; rimming; rimjob

technical standards compliance

technical standards compliance

Korean bell

digestion; digestibility

intravenous; intravascular

physiotherapy; physical therapy

warfarin

flooring (material)

candid-camera; candid-camera footage

technical standards

Chinese apple (Malus asiatica)

special move (e.g. in martial arts)

reddish brown

reddish brown

soldiers and farmers

separation of farmers and samurai (system in effect from the Azuchi-Momoyama period until the Edo period)

mandate

good feeling