Vocabulary

colouring; coloring; colorant

neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference

to emboss; to carve in relief

tax collection; taxation

town council

chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

hearing (by a government agency)

direct delivery

one's own handwriting; autograph

stagnation; inactivity

ratification; confirmation

small amount (of money); small sum

extent; degree; measure

to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract

changing schools

telephone line

to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer

visit (from abroad)

Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty

corpuscle; minute particle; particulate

virtue

knee

perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood

inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; troublesome; difficult

default; nonperformance

sheet music; score

samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock

seal

premiere; first showing; release (film)

by-product

reissue; putting back in print

peritonitis

looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)

water fountain

draft (of a document)

great writer; literary master; distinguished author

concurrence; coincidence; complication (in illness)

normal prices; par; parity

commoner; plebeian

arranging in a line; standing in a row