to be made an example of; to be made a victim of; to be exposed to ridicule
objectification; objectifying
Tajima cow (breed of black Wagyu cattle); Tajima cattle
strip-searching; security check
5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)
picture-matching (with card games, etc.); matching pictures; picture-matching contest (popular in the Heian period); e-awase
garden path; path through a park
full of vigor and vitality (like the rising sun) (vigour); being in the ascendant
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
maelstrom; the state of affairs being in great turmoil
Barnum effect; Forer effect
needless to say; it goes without saying that
literary style; classical style
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; extraction (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
paying (or paying out) double; (after number N) paying N times as much
handiwork; handicraft; homemade
trauma inducing; traumatizing; extremely scary (of movies, etc.)
something intended as a lie or joke which (by chance) ends up being true; lie turned truth
all at once (usu. of payment); at one go