Vocabulary

local procurement; local content; sourcing locally

repurchase (esp. bonds, debt, etc.); buy-back

transaction with repurchase agreement

cash-back; rebate

next year; next fiscal year

deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something)

same ward

city bank; metropolitan bank

special council or commission

American soldier; US serviceman; US servicewoman

middle and old age

industrial bank

master; grandmaster; senior instructor

pork bones

top contender; top competitor

asking for instructions; consulting and obtaining approval

multiple barrels; multi-barrel

multiple barrel model; multi-barrel model

single barrel; single-barrelled

circular knitting machine

integral

crown prince

crown princess

crown princess

king's younger brother; royal brother

Tsukuyomi no Mikoto (god of the Moon and brother of Amaterasu)

law decreeing rules for daimyo during Tokugawa shogunate

fathom

kana indicating the pronunciation of kanji; furigana

bounds; limits

string (of a shamisen, etc.)

royalists; royalist faction

constitutional monarchy

factory owner

monarchy

archangel

(elder) sister

streets

percussion hammer; firing hammer; cocking piece

vermilion