Vocabulary

beseeching; requesting (an audience)

establishment of a constitution

physical punishment; beating; smacking; spanking

washing; cleansing; cleaning; irrigation

keeping one's word

probing (into); digging (into); prying (into); scrutiny; poking one's nose into; poking around

getting slightly intoxicated and humming a tune

trampling down; trampling underfoot; treading on

using without permission; using information obtained in the course of one's duties

payment; defrayal; disbursement

consultation; conference

beckoning

moaning; groaning

hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching

scattering (in all directions)

admiration; praise; prizing; appreciation

decorating (a Buddhist statue or temple); adorning

completing a flight

desire; hope

passing one's time

invitation; bringing over

explanation in detail; full discussion

checking against (up); examining by reference; verification

taking excerpts; extraction

public praise; making another's virtues well-known

praise; admiration; exalting; extolling

being put in bonds; coming under arrest

wearing one garment over another

handing over; delivery (by hand)

refusing flatly; rejecting sternly

practice; practising; training; discipline

looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves); remaining a passive onlooker

going upstream; swimming upstream

assumption; supposition

sending (one's own book, etc.) as a gift

challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity

blowing (a whistle)

(being) presided over by

wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword

staying in the capital; staying in Tokyo