Vocabulary

checking account; current account

terrible luck (esp. on an omikuji slip); very bad luck

Mahayana (Buddhism); the Great Vehicle

voluminous work; bulky volume; tome

vegetable oil

slipping one's hand beneath the opponent's arm and latching on to the underside of his belt

male voice

reasoning; logic; persuasion

pharmacology

lengthy military expedition

defeat in war

war wound

start of a war; beginning of hostilities

explanatory note; explanatory text; explanation; caption

technical college

association of people from the same prefecture

the whole sky; the firmament; the heavens; the empyrean

second anniversary of a death

melee

definite decision; final decision

broth

red flesh (of a fish); red-fleshed fish (e.g. tuna); lean meat

fierce fighting

pagan; heretic; heathen

keratin; corneum; cuticle; collagen; horny substance

charcoal making; charcoal maker

heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind

samsara (cycle of death and rebirth)

sensitivity to cold; poor circulation

love letter

workers and farmers

naniwabushi; variety of sung narrative popular during the Edo period

chord

banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of

epidemic; plague; pestilence

skin lotion; face lotion

handling cargo; loading and unloading; cargo work

allotment; quota; payment in installments; payment in instalments; hire-purchase

foe; enemy; rival

black hair