Vocabulary

subcontractor

dismounting

how ...!; what ...!

marriage; wedding

head of a family; patriarch; matriarch

unloading; landing

extracurricular

to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond

myself; oneself

subject matter of a painting

bizarre; strange; weird; mysterious

picture scroll

court session; trial

armor; armour

school (building)

lagoon

to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess

hayfield; field of miscanthus

temple solicitation book

government official; public servant; civil servant

sweetener (sugar, honey, saccharin, maltose, etc.); sweetening agent; sweetening

eating between meals; snacking

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

jewel; gem

bark (of a tree, etc.)

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

fittings that open and close (doors, windows, shoji, fusuma, etc.); fixtures

to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt