Vocabulary

gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)

retiring from military service

red flag

second (in a series)

white

debut; initial stage appearance

Buddhist memorial service

(reliable) source of votes; area of strong electoral support; stronghold; (voter) base

swing and a miss

economic blockade; embargo

agreement; rule; arrangement; decision

monthly output (production)

health foods

health insurance

chief public prosecutor

pay cut; salary cut

one's junior; younger generation; next generation

red light (traffic)

regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension

head of an army

real image

enclosure; box

loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage

acquaintance

mountain recesses; heart of the mountains; (place) deep in the mountains

isolated island; outlying island

spine; line of the backbone

clan; family

strength of a party

gateway to success

principal of a private school

the lowest; the worst

staying in the United States; residing in the United States; being situated in the United States (of a foreign embassy, company, etc.)

rice-crop index

self-purification; self-cleansing

withdrawal; discontinuance; abandoning; dropping

in one's hands; in one's control

excellent (piece of) work

(large) compilation

entry in a race