Vocabulary

collective bargaining

amniotic fluid

aqueous solution

ticket machine; ticket-vending machine

origin; source; beginning; starting point

hidden assets

same amount

divine tree or island east of China; Fusang

trace; vestige; evidence

established by a village; village (school, library, etc.)

patent

sand; fine sand

devoted; self-sacrificing

appearance; emergence

extra pay

high praise; great admiration; acclaim

literary

spontaneous recess (in the Diet)

being open but having virtually no business

Sunday edition of a newspaper

smuggling in; importing through illegal channels

water polo

the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)

working (in, at, for); holding a post (at); serving (as)

destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down

tenant farming

short article; short essay

executive committee; executive organ

bronze ware

monetary offering; donation

psychiatric examination

mountains and rivers; natural surroundings

headquarters (on the battlefield)

intelligence; cleverness; innate aptitude

trawl (net)

ceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences); ground-breaking ceremony

wrestling in which both wrestlers grasp the other's belt with both hands

one's own profits; one's own pockets

omission; failure; incompleteness

makimono; handscroll; rolled book