Vocabulary

calculator

soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu

ramming attack; hurling oneself (at)

change (for a purchase)

publisher

eligibility for election

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets

committal; reference; submission (e.g. to committee); commitment

floating

competitive spirit; spirit of rivalry; aversion to losing

winds and clouds; nature; the elements

leeward; lee; downwind

reinstatement; reappointment

obedience; submission; resignation

branch; chapter

distributary; tributary; branched flow (river, current, etc.)

full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill

weightlessness; zero gravity

dismissal; discharge

acquittal

tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking

preferential treatment; hospitality; warm reception; cordial welcome

overeagerness; rashness

separation; isolation

deep-fried food

(Western) dressmaking

business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway

rear garden; back yard

stray bullet

miscarriage; (spontaneous) abortion; abortive birth

(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke)

protuberance; bulge; protrusion; projection; swell

journey; route of a journey

both families

fine article; good-quality item; quality product

cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air

Japanese person

Japanese-English

news of someone's death; obituary