Vocabulary

helper; supporter; second; backer

proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn, restaurant, or shop); landlady; hostess; mistress; female innkeeper

craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter

pebble; small stone

reformatory; juvenile training school; reform school; youth detention center (centre)

disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe

relish; gusto; appreciation

shoji (paper sliding door)

superior officer

sentiments; passions

jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)

loom; weaving machine

to overeat

(loaf of) bread; bread in a rectangular shape

electrocardiogram; ECG; EKG

complaint; protest; objection; fault

height of; middle of; full bloom

serious; earnest

mysterious; mystical

one's parents' home

one's father; one's old man; dad; pops

earthquake disaster

pedestrian traffic

large seal; large stamp

crossing swords

percussion instrument

systematic

personification; impersonation; embodiment

honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances

resistant to earthquakes

loan; debit and credit; lending and borrowing

pedestal

top of a waterfall

firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun

short

to spring; to bound; to bounce

bullet hole; bullet mark

geology

land rent