Vocabulary

skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle

belle; (town) beauty

Boy Scouts

erasure; deletion; elimination; clearing

command; lead; generalship; leadership

the same age

treaty of alliance

copperplate engraving; etching

reader (person)

letterpress; relief printing

thrust; charge; penetration

difficult delivery; difficult childbirth; dystocia

weather; climatic conditions

hot blood; warm blood

heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog

(science of) agriculture; agricultural science

napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage

polished rice; (uncooked) white rice

night under the midnight sun; white night (at extreme latitudes); night during which the sun doesn't set

malt

shrine dedicated to Hachiman; Hachiman shrine

match fixing; put-up job; fixed game

germination; sprouting; budding

inverse proportion

expressing one's opinion; speaking one's mind; making known; revealing

flight; flying; soaring

tail (of an aircraft); empennage; tail assembly

focus; nidus; lesion

blur

not buying

impartiality; neutrality; independence

dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame

(security) deposit; caution money; security deposit

military officer; naval officer

martial arts; military arts

class; heading; group; category

wind and snow; snowstorm; blizzard

literary art; literary activity; writing

The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari

transformation