Vocabulary

singing and dancing

leaving one's seat

thrusting down (winning technique)

Kinai (the five provinces in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto)

the present age; these days

(Western) archery

program competing with another in the same timeslot (programme); counterprogram (television)

long sentence

(always) having ready; having on hand; being provided with

singing to one's own accompaniment; reciting while playing the shamisen, biwa, etc.

deodorization; deodorisation

items of taxation

variety of goods; number of articles

(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

width of a river

river's course

glaucoma

agricultural experiment station

double track; two-track line

sutra library

enthusiastic performance

fight; scuffle

legislative power

advancing (someone) money; payment on someone's behalf (with the expectation of being reimbursed later)

one's mood while traveling (travelling)

white sandy beach

monthly tuition fee

monthly report

operating or carrying on simultaneously

letting (someone) die without helping

edge of the eaves; house frontage

manager; controller; administrator

open field; empty lot; plain

withering; dying

lake; lake water

hakama; pleated skirt or loose-legged trousers worn over a kimono mainly on ceremonial occasions

postscript

cost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost

enforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials

high blood pressure (as an illness); hypertension