Vocabulary

international character

tranquilizer; tranquiliser

famous saying; noted haiku

great commander; famous commander

excellent poem; famous poem

loving to sing (a song); singing with great fondness

bad law

good offices; kind offices; services; influence; recommendation

telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; communion of mind with mind

peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)

reverence; awe; respect

hair growth formula; hair growth agent

seashore; beach

way of standing

provisions

next seat; adjacent seat

sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile

decorum; propriety; politeness

renga (early Japanese poetry form); linked verse; poetic dialogue

Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono

(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past)

barracks

square metre; square meter

rice flour

groom; footman; stableman; equerry

transformation

patent attorney; patent agent

salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay

reward; prize

the dead; ghost

behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence

tyranny; atrocity

facing north; northern exposure

troop headquarters; stronghold

main topic; main subject; main issue; main question

intermission (between acts); interlude

erasure; obliteration

secret meeting; clandestine meeting

popular sentiment

unreasonable demand