Vocabulary

board (across a ditch, etc.)

step; (flight of) stairs

place to stand

duodenal ulcer

sufficient condition

the pace of change makes ten years back seem like ancient history

lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head

chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

wading birds

useless book learning; knowing the theory but not being able to put it into practice; swim practice on a tatami mat

sheet of dried sardines

(line of) regents and advisers (advisors)

regents and advisers (advisors)

line of regents and advisers (advisors)

prostate gland

type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process

foraminifer; foraminiferan

having a husband; being married

remnants (cloth)

discrimination; historical school of poetic thought

half again of a designated unit

since the dawn of history

medal for merit

public servant; government official

aspirate; aspirated consonant

brightly colored vegetables; brightly coloured vegetables

price of fame; penalty of greatness

the unvarnished truth

a little more than; a little over; upwards of

tangible cultural properties

tangible assets

tangible and intangible; material and spiritual

vocalization; vocalisation

legislation to deal with emergencies

valuable (object); negotiable (instrument)

effective demand

streak of good luck

dawn (esp. from the 16th day of the lunar month onward)

sexual

money on hand