Vocabulary

harmonic (wave)

refractory; heat resistance material; high temperature resistance material

traditional "Chinese" medicine for the stomach (usually prepared as small dark spherical pills)

computational linguistics

tax system

operability; usability; user friendliness; ease of use; maneuverability; manoeuvrability

remaining heat; remaining warmth

previous; beforehand

anaplastic

this bank; my bank

odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre

atonic hemorrhage; atonic haemorrhage

the breakup (dispersal) of a family

(system of) admitting students on the basis on their non-academic abilities (e.g. sports, art; as opposed to exam results)

all the papers (documents) relating to a case; dossier

the practice of assigning one era name to one emperor

new money; nouveau riche; person who has amassed substantial wealth in his lifetime

closing ranks; uniting and working together; coming together for fighting

first and final offer in labor-management negotiations

turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)

special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see one act of a kabuki play

a single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves

off and on manner; intermittent style; dragging on and on

being busy with many things; extreme busyness due to pressure of business

the principle of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; the policy of "see-not, hear-not, and speak-not"

the "thirty-percent autonomy" of local governments

everybody is different; to each their own; three different people, three different styles

the "three noes principle" of no drive, no interest, and no sense of responsibility; principle of indolence, indifference, and irresponsibility

an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north

Four Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth

demoralization; collapse of morale; one's morale being shaken

urban villain; street hoodlum

land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent

the seven treasures and many other precious things; all the treasures in the world

knowing how to get on in the world; knowing the secret of success in life

personnel changes through favoritism

examine (investigate into) a person's history

personal information form; dossier on an individual

one's philosophy of life

what has been (orally) handed down from generation to generation; legend; folk tale