Vocabulary

short circuit; short

fasting; fast

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō

matchmaker

advisory

morning and evening

lecture attendance; auditing

major key

direct tax

repose of a soul

final stage; final stretch; final spurt; last spurt; final push; late charge

authority; expert; connoisseur; well-informed person

iron rod; iron bar; iron club

additive

moving out (to); moving to a different place

electronic goods

light bulb

lightning

nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color

reverse; inversion; upside down

east longitude

the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo

being on duty; person on duty; one's turn

body proportions

ceramics; pottery and porcelain

prime of one's working life

bronze statue

special training; intensive training; crash course

originality

rope; cord

south entrance; south exit

softening

second baseman

journal; log

advancing to the first grade

tropical fish

mucous membrane; mucosa

farming; agriculture; cultivation

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction

wiring