Public Employment Security Office; PESO
scallion; shallot; green onion; spring onion
Ministry of Science and Technology (China)
mobile van where blood is collected from donors; bloodmobile
gloomy and depressing; mournful
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
nakiri knife; vegetable knife
Bacille Calmette-Guerin (tuberculosis vaccine); BCG
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
direct voyage; direct service
modern; up-to-date; art nouveau; Beaujolais nouveau (wine); vague; fuzzy
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect
direct (telephone) line; direct dialing
even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods
Japanese sardinella (Sardinella zunasi)
crushed stone; macadam; crushing (rock)
fried food wrapped in nori
Declaration of the Rights of Man (during the French Revolution; 1789)
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
removal of astringent taste (e.g. by cooking)
stretching; sidestroke (swimming)
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
most (numerous); largest (number of)
shirataki noodles; white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki; waterfall resembling a white sheet
wrapped offering (of money)
rare event; unexpected event
dry snacks (e.g. crackers, nuts, dried squid, esp. to go with drinks)
reparation; indemnity; compensation; reimbursement
meaningless words; words that make no sense