Vocabulary

last session (trading day, trading) of the year

first session (trading day) of the year

explosive increase (in number of pests); (severe) outbreak or upsurge of pests

low dining table; tea table

hatakikomi; slapdown

setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business

monad

individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article

monophthong; simple vowel

open seam; seam that has come apart; tear

local produce

delay in payment

nakamise; shops lining a passageway in the precincts of a Shinto shrine

Belle de Jour (novel, film)

daylight

pillared corridor

fiddler crab (esp. species Uca arcuata)

junction line between two sea currents; line where two ocean currents meet

tidal energy

long; eternal

long vowel

aconite (esp. species Aconitum japonicum); wolfsbane; monkshood

ratio of direct to indirect taxes

one's own account (of something); account one got (heard) from someone at first hand

grip

binding margin; gutter; seam allowance

soused mackerel; vinegared mackerel

(volcanic) mud flow

enemy ship

enemy (soldier)

sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)

subletting and subleasing

rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)

technique of throwing one's opponent by pushing his chest while holding his thigh; thigh-grabbing push down

retaining wall; sheathing

guts; abdomen; belly

equally; evenly; similarly; alike

thoroughwort (species of boneset, Eupatorium fortunei)

same axle

bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; being single; unmarried person