Vocabulary

amateur baseball; sandlot baseball

lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems)

perennial plant

figure; body shape; build; physique; form

original text with its translation printed side by side or on opposite page

reading for another

bibliography (study of books); bibliology

10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall

flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head

faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness

adoration; admiration

Shinto priest

hardship; toil; trouble

ergonomics; human factors; human engineering

glory; splendour; honour

feel; touch; texture

gift; souvenir

mandala

branch road; forked road; branch; fork; crossroads

daily wages

(being) among close family or friends only; private (gathering of intimates)

dying in a fit of anger or indignation

returning (to the authorities); restoring

vivid description; painting a lively picture (of)

clockwise rotation; CW

slightly cloudy

cause of a disease; root of an evil

proclamation; promulgation

dry field farming; dry field crop

mutation; change; transition

demonstration; show of force

Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)

incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants

the treasure that is children; child

negligence; carelessness

mountain range

reputation; public opinion

side or bottom of a ship; ship's hold; bottoms; shipping; tonnage; freight space

ship's hold; hatch

advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation