Vocabulary

furuncle; boil

flashy wedding; showy wedding

marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding

to scrape off

disk herniation; herniated disk; hernia of intervertebral disk; slipped disk

Medicaid

support for medical treatment for those on low income; Medicaid

grammatical form

nuclear weapon free; non-nuclear; denuclearized

chemical additives

harmful fish (e.g. non-native and prolific, etc.)

absolute rest

Internet site

resting; relaxing

sheeting; sheathing board; cover

Public Corporation and National Enterprise Labor Relations Commission

Public Corporations and Government Enterprises Labor Relations Act

silent mouthing

drawcard; attractive program; good match; good game

somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy

small piece (e.g. of cloth)

national butterfly

carefully; with caution

waist

to bow slightly; to make a slight bow

strained bean paste; smooth anko; fine-grained sweet bean paste

hub (of a wheel); nave

make; workmanship; preparation

to force (something) into; to thrust into

to make worse (e.g. disease); to aggravate; to complicate

to be rubbed

really good; irresistible

to push (someone) around; to shove around; to treat roughly; to bully

Reeve's spirea (Spiraea cantoniensis); May bush

worried look; troubled face

inside (a refrigerator, warehouse, etc.)

next

looking at again; watching again; discovering again; seeing again

visit to the Philippines

ring (shaped); circular