単位系: a system of measurement

方位磁針: magnetic compass

age of eighty-eight (from the shape of the character 米 which contains the letters 八 in the upper and lower parts)

総理大臣: (government, politics) prime minister

異星人: alien

島外人: (colloquial) island foreigner; A person who is not of Japanese descent but lives in Okinawa, Japan as a preference and who has adjusted to the customs of the Okinawan people and lifestyle.

現代人: modern man/person

The hiragana syllable す (su). Its equivalent in katakana is ス (su). It is the thirteenth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is さ行う段 (sa-gyō u-dan, “row sa, section u”).

nest, hive, den

vinegar (condiment)