Vocabulary

herder; herdsman; shepherd

pasture; grassland; meadow

stock-farming; cattle breeding

herdboy; shepherd boy; young ranch hand; cowboy

sheep farming

sheep breeder; sheepman; shepherd

first month of the lunar calendar

lovers' talk; whispered intimacies

sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity

rejected manuscript

being absorbed (in); immersion

pocket gopher

runaway horse; galloping horse

free-spirited and uninhibited

this proposal; this plan; this bill

this member (of an assembly)

headquarters

umbra

principal residence

original home; birthplace; originator

main road

main pipe

stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters

main depository

contract (entered into on the basis of a promise or previous agreement); formal agreement; contract at hand

square knot

pure silk

origin; root; cause; principle

this article; this paper; this manuscript

heavy rainfall; heavy snowfall; steady rainfall; downpour; raining in earnest

native; citizen

one's legal wife

final examination

kanji (as opposed to kana)

Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu

police headquarters; main office; this office

this chapter

genuine article

permanent domicile

this chapter; this passage; this section