Vocabulary

adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)

(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

interest; eagerness; enthusiasm

custom; common practice; habit

pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise

escort (e.g. under guard); convoy

official proclamation; announcement; promulgation (e.g. of regulations)

public ownership

vocal message; speech; statement

mediation; good offices; intervention; mediator; middleman

extensive; vast range; wide scope

detention; custody; confinement; internment

correction; revision; rectification

thyroid (gland)

hard (esp. of hardball, tennis, etc.)

sailing; navigation

journey; course; distance; march; flight; drive

suffix for train car numbers

order (esp. to a number of people); command

ensemble (e.g. orchestra, chamber group, etc.); concert

to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to get stuck (in); to lodge (in)

four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room

tributary; branch

personal opinion

trial; test; try

reagent

to resemble closely

endurance; persistence

anachronism

healing; cure; recovery

loss of eyesight; loss of sight; going blind; blindness

copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript

social life; social intercourse

roadway; road; carriageway

faucet; tap

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege

to handle; to manage; to deal with; to work with; to have experience with

difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

handmade; homemade