Vocabulary

merchant ship

singing; song

ascent; uphill; upward slope

castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

pill; lozenge; tablet

to weave

future years; in (one's) later years

tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order

palace; court

(your) business; (your) concern; (your) need

light source

light-year

public road; highway

within a pit or (mine) shaft

tool; implement

stake; post; pile; picket

hardness and softness; hard line and moderate line

Red Sea

arable land; plantation; farmland

examination; consideration; test; quiz

one's way (ahead); one's path

manners; behavior; behaviour

alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty)

engraving a seal; engraved seal; inscribed seal

national literature

intense heat; severe heat

living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human)

live broadcast

rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes

stone Buddhist image

by return; (call or write back) without delay

setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)

to lead; to take the lead (in doing something)

folding fan

dye; dyestuff; coloring agent

concealment; hiding; ambush

trip by boat; sea trip; voyage; cruise

predecessor

patina; antique look

to weaken