Vocabulary

spiral

whirling tides

vortex

whirlpool design

swirling current; eddy; whirlpool; vortex; maelstrom

total lie; downright lie

incorrectly written character; kanji written with the wrong strokes; wrongly used kanji

pack of lies; complete fabrication; all lies

accumulation (of discontent, frustration, etc.); buildup; suppression (e.g. of anger)

eel donburi; bowl of rice topped with eel

faded beauty

(seaside) breakers

seacoast

operator; manager; administrator

fate; fortune

mathematical operation; calculation

Edo-period business taxes

handling the needle

forwarding agency; express company

shipping company; freight company; transport company

working capital

driver (of a vehicle)

driver's seat (in a car)

suspension of operations

campaigner

momentum

impetus

brush strokes; manner of using a brush; use of a pen; penmanship

fatalism

Transport Minister

Minister of Transport

vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon)

cloud shape

rift between clouds

cloud formation

height of clouds

look of the sky

ruffian palanquin bearer (Edo period)

above the clouds; the heavens

great difference