Vocabulary

kanji "metal" or "gold" radical at left

metal industry boom (of the early 1950s)

economic boom due to special procurements, esp. in wartime

kanji "old bird" radical

kanji "rain" radical at top

kanji "leather" radical (radical 177)

to tan (leather, hide, etc.); to dress

leather; tanned animal hide

leather; tanned animal hide; suede

kanji "big shell" radical

kanji "big shell" radical

oil shale

oil shale

oil shale

oil impregnation; oil-bearing; oil-containing

oil-retaining bearing

kanji "food" radical at left

kanji "horse" radical at left

kanji "bone" radical at left

hair on one's head

kanji "hair" radical at top

kanji "fighting" radical

kanji "fighting" radical

Chinese kettle with three legs

kanji "tripod" radical (radical 193)

kanji "demon" radical

kanji "fish" radical at left

haste makes waste

sooner or later

to let a chance to do something slip through one's fingers

you get what you pay for; cheap and nasty

deep black

terribly difficult

orthodoxy

meditation performed while walking

scone

musical chairs

to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with

to give a reason

to keep a record; to keep a tally