Vocabulary

petit bourgeois; petty bourgeois

shutter street (street with many closed-down shops or offices)

whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing

weight-loss diet accompanied by meticulous notes about when and what one has eaten

weight-loss diet accompanied by meticulous notes about when and what one has eaten

weight-loss exercises; weight-loss body movements

oicho-kabu (traditional gambling game)

cat; kitty

disbanding (usu. a military unit); breaking up

oil dealer; oil merchant

power of two

byproduct; secondary product

steganography

cryptography

error termination; terminate with error

steered wheel (e.g. at the front of a car); steering wheel

tank destroyer; self-propelled anti-tank gun

shoestring tie; string tie

golden ratio

sacred utensil

priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people

short love song (popular in late Edo period)

famous sword; excellent sword

magic sword; cursed sword

type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets

early-morning treat (traditionally given to children in some parts of Japan); wake-up sweet

type of works; work item

consumables (when calculating expenses)

type of bronze Chinese coin first issued under Emperor Yuan of the Southern Liang dynasty worth the value of ten iron coins

light field gun

variant characters (usu. kanji or kana)

important local businessmen (in the Muromachi period); local leaders

money broker (Muromachi period)

debt cancellation order issued by the Emperor or the Shogun (during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods)

thinning scissors; thinning shears

carrier sense

substances requiring priority action (with regard to environmental issues); priority substance

sinking

stress control

useless member of society; hopeless case; failure