Vocabulary

texture (cloth, fabric, paper)

important task; important role; great duty; important mission

great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)

great cause; moral law; justice

special selection; special approval

harmful side effects of a medicine or drug

standing committee

comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier

resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.)

funerals and ceremonial occasions

reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace

the 1900s

General Affairs Bureau

repayment; refund; payback

spread

(good) teamwork; team play

manufacturing cost; production cost

admission fee (for a museum, etc.)

law office; law firm

stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers)

(single-industry) industrial union

air conditioning and heating

coffin; casket

jewels and ornaments; jewelry; jewellery

bottoming out

health checkup; (general) medical examination; physical examination

start of work; commencement; opening

fingertip; finger

purple; violet

event; phenomenon; matter

clerk; office worker; office staff

officials in charge

being out of time; passing the deadline

autonomy; self-control; self-discipline

notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.)

ripening (of a crop)

Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha

chief examiner or investigator

omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping

reception