Vocabulary

pro-Japanese

to examine (medically); to have a look at; to check (a patient's pulse)

substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

entry; going into; approach

human work; human agency; art; artificiality

interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions

black clothes

three sides

nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose

northern country

both ends; either end; both edges

commissioning; entrusting (with); request; appointment (to a position)

writing

clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook)

every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs

sender (e.g. of mail)

to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude

prostitute

sweeping (over, across); conquering; overwhelming

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

slow; lagging; tardy

spelling; orthography

to throw down; to throw out; to stretch out (one's legs)

surrender

thief; robber; burglar; bandit

to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground)

hair (on the head)

(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)

accompanying; being accompanied by; going with

exceptional; unusual; special

special mention

hardness of hearing; bradyacusia; deafness; hearing loss

shade; shadow

Japanese style

wavelength

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages

spine; backbone; spinal column

betrayal; infidelity

white clothes; white robe

white feather