fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; allegiance test; loyalty test
communications infrastructure
roulette-like street gambling; portable tape-recorder (used by reporters)
old manners; old style; old school (of art)
plateau; tableland; eminence
sample; specimen; test piece
disinformation; false information
god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire
revolutionary (e.g. technology)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
computer; cyberbrain; digital brain
route; way; course; directions
security guard; doorkeeper
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
otherwise; or else; if not
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring