University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005)
connection charge; connection fee
telecommunications infrastructure
manual transmission (gear selection done by hand)
vomiting reflex; retching reflex
fascination; glamour; glamor; enchantment; seduction
to twirl; to spin; to fiddle with; to change (e.g. wording)
to caricature; to make a caricature of
Nomura's jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai)
privately operated; private management
mass-market segment; main (e.g. price range); largest (e.g. age group)
Corinthian order (building style)
widening (of a road); to widen (esp. a road)
hypertext markup language; HTML
astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment