vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
processing unit; processor
arbitration; conciliation; mediation
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
chankonabe; fish, meat, and vegetable stew traditionally served to wrestlers
making a surgical incision in the abdomen
aquiline nose; Roman nose; hook nose
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
to burn (with jealousy, desire, etc.)
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
dividing into blocks; becoming a bloc; forming a bloc
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
original method or procedure; serious; orthodox; classical
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
to be loyal to; to serve; to offer allegiance
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
colon; eau de Cologne; colonist
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
reason for being; raison d'être
good-natured; kind; good-quality
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
everywhere; all over the place
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
person stranded due to mass transit disruptions after an earthquake, etc.
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride