Vocabulary

pan; pot; saucepan

straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware

difficulty; trouble; hardship; shortage

twentieth century

the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique

sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams

sake (rice wine); saké

joining the cabinet

joining (a group, team, etc.); enrollment; enrolment

annual production

delivery

jury

wheat; barley; oat (oats)

development; growth

reaction; recoil; kick; backlash

woodcut; woodblock print; art print

business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown

ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.)

one's dearest wish

shriek; scream

specific gravity; relative density

beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker

writer; author

lily (Lilium spp.)

target

condition of a patient; state of a disease; pathology

(hospital) ward

martial arts; military arts; Bushido

tribe

blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area)

envelope

supplementary prize; additional prize; auxiliary prize; bonus prize

deferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (something) as it stands

undertaking; underwriting; acceptance

Maritime Self Defense Forces (Defence)

sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope

great master of go; great master of shogi

footlight; limelight

development (of land); preparation (e.g. of ground for housing); reclamation; creation

sediment; earth and sand