Vocabulary

Jigen-ryū; school of swordsmanship founded in the Satsuma domain in the early Edo period

wooden cannon; cannon with a wooden barrel

bookmark

exponential growth; geometric progression

endlessly repeating; doing countless times

Sekihōtai (short-lived pro-imperial volunteer corps formed during the Boshin War)

double eyelid surgery; double-edged eyelid surgery

politicians, business leaders and bureaucrats; the worlds of politics, big business and bureaucracy

power struggle

hay stack

invasive alien species; invasive introduced species

state indemnity; state compensation

silhouette of a warship; sight of a warship

joint marketing; cooperative selling

within the premises (of a mansion or estate); on the grounds (of a residence)

consommé; clear soup

matrilineal family

notice of absence (from school)

blepharoplasty

blepharoplasty

scratching

seat with a power outlet

technician; skilled technical practitioner

person who won't act without being told to; person who waits to be told what to do

ousia

beneficiary

point; tip; sharp end; peak

cadence (in cycling); pedalling rate

historical kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); old kana orthography

searchability (e.g. of data, documents); retrievability

birth of a deity or Buddha as a human being; descent into this world

neural circuit; neural pathway

(Japanese person) obsessing over foreign cultures (esp. Western) to the point of considering them superior; wannabe foreigner; wannabe Westerner

frothing at the mouth

people person

people power

sea level

Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)

Japanese clawed salamander (Onychodactylus japonicus)

spadefoot toad (Pelobatidae spp.)