Vocabulary

superior; superiors; senior

closing time; lockup; curfew

supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack

wild beast; wild animal; brute

translation equivalent; equivalent word in translation; translation (of a word); gloss

carrying out to the end; bringing to completion

(licensed) red light district

custody; keeping; checking-in (e.g. bags)

Western-style; foreign

way of using (something); usage; use; directions (for use)

fort; stronghold; fortification

pig-keeping; pig farming

to request earnestly

falling rocks; fallen rocks

separation; divorce

fluid

adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach

money (given as thanks); reward money; fee; recompense; remuneration; honorarium; key money

inferiority complex; sense of inferiority

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame)

lotus flower

labor dispute; labour dispute; industrial dispute; strike

aquatic (life); living in the water

thousands; several thousand

control; check; restraint; inhibition

standing in a row; forming a line; alignment

to dispel; to clear away; to refresh (oneself)

raw silk thread

physiological; physical

westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun

death; passing

stone monument

to pile up; to accumulate

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks)

red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

dysentery

ultramodern; leading

previous remarks

opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser

good person; virtuous person