Vocabulary

employment separation; leaving one's job; losing one's job

main budget

polish (jewels); cultivation

to gaze (at); to stare intently (at); to look fixedly (at); to fix one's eyes (on)

to storm in with a yell

conclusion; end; settlement

tying up; binding; fastening; tightening

carrier

cash bonus; reward; bounty

burying alive

white background

of no avail; useless

payment

tenement house; row house

listening; hearing

translating into Braille

accompanying (on a trip); escorting (a tour group)

text of the law

wavelength

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages

spine; backbone; spinal column

betrayal; infidelity

white clothes; white robe

white feather

firecracker

(physical) growth; development

ignition; combustion; catching fire

publication; issue; launching (a publication)

utterance; speaking; vocalization; vocalisation

half the body; half length

unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; nonuniformity; blotchiness

copyright; publishing rights

feudal lord; daimyo

complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious

to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

tragic but brave; heroic; grim

dermatology

secret story; unknown episode

to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

the full-day (school system)