Vocabulary

bloody bowel discharge

preliminary inspection

preliminary inspection; preliminary examination

siding (on a house); clapboard; weatherboard

last quarter moon; third quarter moon; waning half-moon

dismounting

going from the capital to the provinces

downward curve

province of the lowest rank (ritsuryō system)

being sent to prison

lower seat; seat at bottom of the table

laxative; purgative; evacuant

downhill; decline; waning

proceeding from Tokyo to Osaka

poor plan

spade work; subcontract

last quarter (of the year)

non-commissioned officer

enlisted man

shuttle

grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)

lower teeth

lower part; foot; lower direction

offender (esp. murderer); criminal

low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination

mean feelings

woman of low rank

(stock market) steadiness

lodging house

lodger; roomer

board-and-room charge

cord for attaching a sword scabbard tightly to the obi; sword strap; sword knot

draft; rough copy

maidservant

servants

kitchen maid

dismounting (esp. from a horse as a sign of respect); alighting

light-water reactor

underling

contempt; scorn