Vocabulary

illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture

omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition

prop; strut; support; brace; bar

exit and entrance

jump; plunge; dive

taking in; bringing in

half and half; fifty-fifty

seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; sprout

one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section

manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit

retiring voluntarily; resigning one's post (to make way for others); stepping down; bowing out

Muromachi period (1336-1573)

(high) mountain; Mount; Mt.

conflict; complication; troubles; discord

conclusion; completion

government and municipal offices; public agencies

ventilation

Chinese herbal medicine

superintendence; supervision; administration

cirrhosis (of the liver)

barrier; checkpoint; gateway

log

containing (an ingredient, mineral, etc.)

entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall

homecoming; returning home

(the) way home; return trip; (the) way back

prayer

(temporary) closure (of a theater, entertainment venue, etc.)

job hunting; seeking employment

distress; wretched condition

refueling (a car, plane, etc.)

(transplant) rejection

memorial service for the dead; holding a service

religious organization; religious organisation

(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend

name of a piece of music; (musical) number

recent past; recent times

running in; rushing into

Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

monarch; sovereign; ruler; liege (lord)