Vocabulary

main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall

cerebral cortex

thigh

heavy rain

psychosomatic illness

ventricle

Western paper; paper manufactured in the Western manner

imperial capital

muddy water

being dead drunk; drunken stupor

Tendai sect (of Buddhism)

telegram

ferry; ferryboat

central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); mainstay; chief support; leader

thief; robber

position; job; employment; opening

disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; being astonished; being frightened

same root; same origin

guidance

preferential tariff; preferential duty

fighting windmills; tilting at windmills

reading comprehension

inner wall

privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)

double exposure

double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; double-tongued

steady progress; rapid advance

lactic acid

mixing with; being mixed

excess of imports

appointment; employment

last meeting (of the year, term, etc.); year-end gathering (e.g. party)

spirit; drive; vigour; vigor

water's edge; beach; foreshore

horse-headed demon (in hell)

excretion

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself

party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar