Vocabulary

grove of the village shrine

(detailed) commentary; notes; comments

first series

rage; fury; exasperation; indignation

daily life; daily routine; while awake or asleep; at all times; day in, day out; constantly

two flags

early-morning departure

left and right kanji radicals

employee

nincompoop; simpleton

chief abbot (of a Buddhist temple)

cirrus (cloud)

word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter

warm friendship

intimidation; threat

smaller waterfall (of the two)

female bird

sheep

bittern; concentrated solution of salts (esp. magnesium chloride) left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine

sash clip (fastener); ornament worn over an obi

leather belt

greater waterfall (of the two)

(formal) announcement; unveiling; introduction; debut

pity; compassion; mercy

florid expression; poetical talent

tribe; branch family

maximum eclipse; maximum obscuration

political affairs; all phases of government

(words of) praise; eulogy

Securities and Exchange Act

streetwalker (Edo period)

loss of spirit; dejection

sukiya style of building; style of a tea-ceremony arbor (arbour)

sending off the spirits of the dead

gunshot; bullet

friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy

reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)

criticism; censure

guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)

lying face down; lying on one's face