Vocabulary

jewel; gem

bark (of a tree, etc.)

conclusion; resolution; settling (e.g. of a dispute); returning to normal

to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up

heavy metals

jūbako; multi-tiered food box

to dwell (in); to exist (within); to form

excess of exports; favorable balance of trade; favourable balance of trade

source (e.g. quotation); authority

existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling

to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand)

swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man

sewing; needlework

exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry

number of books

washing-up; dish-washing

three meals (a day)

congratulatory visit to the Imperial Palace (e.g. at New Year)

sprinkling water over; water sprinkling

being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money)

second son

sixth anniversary of a death

the seven spring flowers

to bear fruit; to ripen

authentic account

renewal; replacement; regeneration; rejuvenation

to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)

divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)

presentation (e.g. of a gift)

mermaid; merman

guess; conjecture; surmise

foam; bubble

to get drunk

numerical formula

hem; (trouser) cuff; shirttail; bottom (of a kimono); train (of a dress)

sexual love; eros

sexual intercourse; sex; coitus

to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain

clean; clear

to produce; to yield; to cause