Vocabulary

oath; vow; pledge; covenant

just then; at that time; at that moment

sermon; preaching; homily

thawing of snow; thaw

lower future quotations

war area; battlefield; theater; theatre

battleship

dose (of radioactivity)

front part; fore; front

Zen temple

foundation stone; cornerstone

prosecution; indictment

fast-talking; rapid talking

algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed

to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run

exchange of presents

coinage; invention of a new word

improvisation

immediately; at once; instantly

(sound of) footsteps

fast (walking); quick; brisk

appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession

dismissal (from a position); discharge

eyebrow; eyebrows

inadequacy; inappropriateness; unfitness; impropriety

bad reputation; poor reception; unpopularity; disrepute

inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness

not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking

unprepared

prefectural governor (of Osaka or Kyoto)

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

military commander

foreshadowing

taking medicine; dosing

Buddhist (household) altar

physical evidence; real evidence; material evidence

material; physical

riding separately

other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); representation of oneself

amount; quantity