Vocabulary

driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance

nuisance; encumbrance

calamity; disaster; accident

the year before the unlucky year

calamity; evil; misfortune

unlucky day; bad day; evil day; ill-omened day; off day

victimized by the unlucky year; victimised by the unlucky year

exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence

escape from evil; exorcism

war; campaign; battle

perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments

divisor; factor; measure

approximately half

pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); apothecary

medically effective ingredient

medicine box

pharmaceutical company

cartridge case

translation and annotation; translation with notes

translated book

slim waist; slender figure; willowy figure

loach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root

beautiful eyebrows; lovely eyebrows

unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest

pleasure

cold sweat; greasy sweat

oiliness; greasiness

rape (seed oil plant, Brassica campestris)

large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata); aburazemi

aphid; plant louse

official suggestion (esp. to resign from one's job); official advice; official instruction

admonition; injunction; instruction; message

export controls

transport aircraft; transport plane

level of imports

gain or loss; victory or defeat

throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one

solipsism (phil.)

spiritualism; idealism; mentalism

aestheticism; estheticism