Vocabulary

as is habit; the way life normally is

aggregation

to get used to living (in); to live (somewhere) for a long time

gentle; mild; meek; tender

congratulatory telegram

reduced drawing; miniature copy

branch office

spring breeze

ten-day report

to begin to

first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan

first love; puppy love

prescribed form (of writing); format

various; several

preface; foreword; introduction

commerce (field of study); department of commerce (at a university)

evening; early night hours

slightly elevated

small boat

to put out; to extinguish

to erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete

castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart

to fall fast asleep

right under; directly below; right beneath

crowd; throng

lane; alley

main temple structure (sanctuary, hall)

dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed

prince of royal blood; Imperial prince

interval; break; pause; intermission

death and injury; being killed or injured

range of one's work; one's area of responsibility; range of one's duties

propriety; right or wrong; justice

morals; morality; sincerity

medical efficacy; effect of a medicine

land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming

small number of people

Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang)

child of mixed parentage; mixed-race child

sepsis; septicemia; blood poisoning