Vocabulary

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

hard fighting

sample sentence

one eye; one of one's eyes

remote place

rate; ratio; percentage

artillery; gunner

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

relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid

two meals; (eating) two meals a day

supplementary reader

old man

clear autumnal weather

getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke

detached house; single house; single building

salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; peddler; vendor

insert (in a magazine, newspaper, etc.); foldout; insertion

fold; crease; pleat

hindrance; impediment

amity; friendship

sushi; range of dishes made with vinegared rice combined with fish, vegetables, egg, etc.

(playground) slide

chazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it

projection (of an image)

way out; means to escape; escape route

holding two or more positions concurrently

deposit; entrusting

ascending and descending; going up and down

previous; former

suppression (e.g. of a rebellion); pacification