Vocabulary

sympathetic nerve

flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; brushing aside

(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings

straight line; beeline

printing (text or symbols); typing

hiring from another company; recruitment; scouting; headhunting

attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull

right side

influence; power

circle; ring

trip; excursion; outing

hydrochloric acid

salty taste; saltiness

byway; side street; cross street

diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

downturn (in the market)

subordinate work; menial service; subordinate; underling; servant; maid

draft; rough copy

sword fight (in a film, play, etc.); stage combat; fight scene

mountain temple

dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion

afterimage; after image

embroidery

four corners

consonant

imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era

personal use; private use

dark purple; bluish purple

impression of the teeth; tooth mold (mould)

things; affairs

hourly pay; hourly wage

magnetism

self-study; teaching oneself

autobiography

self-recommendation; self-nomination; putting oneself forward

offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering

instigation

rise; prosperity

trade journal