Vocabulary

details; particulars

scholarship student sent by government office or business

abandonment (rights, property)

warning shot

threatening

dignity; majesty; dignified manner

authority; power

virtue and influence; virtue and authority

authority and force

awing into submission

fame; prestige

authority

inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryō system)

officer below the rank of major; company officer

depressed in spirits; rejection; disheartened; lacking nerve

coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing

exchange of ideas; exchange of opinions; brainstorming

decision-making body

discarnate entity

(state of) unconsciousness

grudge; malice; spite

uncontrolled

it is hard to keep one's worldly desires and passions in check

semantics; the study of meaning

free translation; liberal translation

will; will-power

amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation

comfort; consolation; diversion

comfort woman; prostitute who worked in military brothels, esp. one forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII

consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement

pacification; soothing

study of divination

I Ching (ancient Chinese divination and philosophical text; one of the Five Classics of Confucianism); The Book of Changes; Yijing

fortuneteller; diviner

mobility

person willing to take on a role; willing candidate

(proper) methods

hereditary disposition; temperament; nature

politician

(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess