Vocabulary

magnetomotive force

kiku-ban (paper size; 636x939 mm)

crisis; critical moment; critical time

attendant; attendance upon another

epigraph on a stone monument; ancient inscriptions on monuments

respectfully written

contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation

injury; damage

contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)

living off (a person); sponging off; parasitism

late spring

wild land; wasteland; wilderness

trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick

Yangtze and Yellow rivers; large river

righteous indignation; patriotic lamentation; deploration

uvula

dark brown; olive brown

deferred stock

antihistamine

celestial latitude; ecliptic latitude

sexual indulgence

marriage of an Imperial princess to a subject

each house; every house

houses and inhabitants; population

foundation of the nation

universal conscription

dark purple

young girl; lass; adolescent female

Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard

guardian deity of seafaring; Kumbhira

(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

usurer; usury; loansharking

utilitarianism

chronic disease

a constant (e.g. in science)

pricing below cost; cutting into cost

traffic disaster; traffic accident

petty official

solid solution

alpine butterfly