Vocabulary

iconoclasm; image breaking

idolatry

having an accident

couple (of forces)

kushikatsu; deep-fried skewered meat and vegetables

grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting

kushiage; deep-fried skewered meat and vegetables

standing (close together) in a row; lining (e.g. a street)

ragpicking; ragpicker

wastebasket; wastepaper basket

crookedness; bending; indentation; curvature; flexion

servile submission; subservience

pair of shoes

walking sound; footsteps

shoe last; shoe stretcher

shoe sore; foot blister (caused by shoes)

shoe repair

sole (of a shoe)

shoelace; bootlace

shoehorn

shoe polish

shoeshine; shoe polishing

Kumamoto Prefecture (Kyūshū)

squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae)

chestnut (horse coat color)

renormalisation; renormalization

renormalisation group; renormalization group

repetition symbol; repetition of the previous character

mulberry plantation

this world's sudden changes

light yellow

picking mulberry leaves; mulberry-leaf pickers

mulberry seedling

monk; priest

fruit of the mulberry

order of merit

order of the 1st class

merits; distinguished services

peerage and order of merit

the wise readily adapt themselves to changed circumstances; the wise are quick to acknowledge their mistakes and correct them