Vocabulary

matte finish (e.g. of photographs)

snow pea; snow peas; mange tout

prefectural capital

prefectural meeting hall; civic center; community hall

shawl (on shoulder of woman's dress)

giving someone a ride on one's shoulders

shoulder mark; shoulder board; epaulette; epaulet

(top of) shoulder

shoulder pad; shoulder reinforcement; epaulet

shoulder

see-no-evil monkey (one of the three wise monkeys)

visitor (to a factory, school, lab., etc.)

misjudgement; misjudgment; mistake in vision

distinction; discrimination

(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse

best time to see

seeing; meeting

sightseer

written estimate; quotation; quote

last look; farewell look

compare favourably; compare favorably

self-deprecating term; humble way of referring to oneself, one's abilities, one's possessions, etc.

modest virtue

humble language (e.g. itadaku)

humble language

man of ability; gifted man

wise man

number of houses

dispatched abroad; despatched abroad

keyhole

steep path

phanerogam; phanerogamous plant; phanerogamic plant; spermatophyte; flowering plant

manifestation

head gangster

lively person; spirited person; energetic person; live wire

elder statesman

Yuan dynasty Chinese-Mongolian military

(paper) cord for tying the hair

breech-loading

breechloader