Vocabulary

pressure group; lobby

hint; suggestion; clue; implication

conspicuousness (usu. color); prominence; distinctiveness

medical affairs

important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency

sliding storm shutter

garden party

quotation (to support one's argument); citation (e.g. of a precedent); invocation; claim

temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it

sludge; slime; dregs; mire

doctor's visit; house call

favour; favor; act of grace; special privilege

down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route

putting beneath other goods; being at the bottom of the pile

family crest

chief retainer; daimyo's minister

overeating

style of painting

discharge; dismissal

thawing; defrosting

detour; circuitous route; diversion

traditional Japanese meal brought in courses

oceanic trench; deep-sea trench; deep

pioneer; settler; colonist

working away from the office; working outside the office; outside duty

raising and lowering

up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route

will (esp. of shogun); decree; emperor's wishes

flowerpot; plant pot

overeating

sprout; bud; shoot

depth

(right at the) side; just beside

gods and Buddha

artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic

kidney failure; renal failure

kitchen; galley

inference; deduction; induction; reasoning

drop of water

submersion; inundation; being flooded