Vocabulary

reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation

old friendship

silk thread; silk yarn

shamisen; samisen

rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife; struggle

food distribution (esp. cooked rice)

going around in circles

(in the) good name (of); (fine-sounding) pretext

standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)

symbol (of); emblem

phoenix

Buddhist family chapel; altar room

watershed; divide

denominator

head office; main shop

bridge-building; bridge construction

hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room

janitor; caretaker; custodian

pushing by hand; hand gilding

rundown

reward; recompense; return

storage room; storeroom; closet

gardener

inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio

bottom of the water; bottom of the sea; river bottom

sexagenary cycle; 60-term cycle of 12 zodiac animals combined with 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar; currently used in Japan for years, historically also for days

sea breeze

harmony; concord; consonance

Japanese dressmaking; kimono making

cube

exile; banishment; deportation

benign

sprinting; running as fast as one can

example sentence; illustrative sentence; model sentence

boarding; board; meals; catering; cook

armband; arm band; brassard

resurrection

cough; coughing; tussis

police officer

abusive language