Vocabulary

plate glass; sheet glass

moat; fosse; trench; ditch

(family) crest; coat of arms

to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named

ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker

online shopping; e-commerce; mail order

pitching duel; pitchers' battle

cooperation; mutual aid (help)

behavior; behaviour; conduct

pushing (propelling) (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind

making a bid; tendering a bid

praise; tribute

absentee ballot; absentee voting

(one's) older brother

having no license; being unlicensed

vacant house; unoccupied house

sewing (by machine)

image of (an ideal) person

suitable age

role; part; job; assignment

Primorskaya Oblast (Russia)

childhood diseases

moving from one battlefield to another; fighting on successive fronts; fighting in various battles

having graduated from junior high school (as one's highest completed level of education); having completed no schooling beyond junior high school; middle school graduate

existence; subsistence

to finish writing; to complete

Japanese-language dictionary

conditions of a country

national character; regional character

sitting

civil society

just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way

losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover

private enterprise

Emperor's cup; trophy given by the Emperor

in some cases; sometimes; on occasions

for private or home use

(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies

biological child; one's own child

social movement