Vocabulary

past events; bygones

the old year; last year

capital (esp. Kyoto)

emperor's meal

blackmail; extortion; coercion

carpenter's square (for checking angles)

carpenter's square

treasure house; treasury

golden shachihoko (ornament)

frigate (bird) (Fregata spp.)

military service

older brother and younger sister

wild rose; bramble

cockscomb; comb; crest

shoulder blade; scapula

male coming-of-age-ceremony

used stamps

old poem (esp. waka); old song

well-cured sake; last year's sake; old sake

scrap iron; scrap metal

old furniture; curios; secondhand goods

6th in rank; sixth sign of the Chinese calendar

pentagon

Boys' Festival paper-carp streamers

sumac gallnut

go parlour; go club

public affair; government matter; the state; the government; the public

championship match

humming a samisen tune

manner of speaking; way of speaking; intimation; lip service; words

heliotropism; actinotropism; disposition (in flowers) to turn toward the sun; phototropism

rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)

beetle

way (of going); route

tall building; high-rise building

kalpa (eon, aeon)

pillage; plunder

collection in one volume

joint authorship

dark clouds; black clouds