Vocabulary

drawing pictures; painting pictures; taking photographs

intellectual training

outer shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine

jumping; jump (e.g. in prices)

saintliness; great virtue; eminent virtue

common law

land transportation

member of parliament

fleshing out (e.g. a plan); giving substance to

heat wave

continual change; vicissitudes

leash; rope tied round prisoner's waists

white thread

embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication

great admiration; deep respect

inspection; examination; survey

travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot; walking (all the way) across; travelling through; hiking across; traversing

weak constitution; ill health

seasoning; flavoring; flavouring

(beautiful) scenery; natural beauty

critic; reviewer

clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)

subterranean rumbling; earth tremor

daily food; regular diet; staple food

ulcer

California (state)

collapsing in the middle of a bout

inscription

secret messenger

national flag of Japan

expert(ise); skill; dexterity

ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia

successive or progressive increases; cumulative increase

cancelling a meeting; adjournment of a meeting (due to lack of attendance)

woman in childbirth; woman who is just about to give birth; woman who has just given birth

occupation; calling

chassis; car body

commercial bank; city bank; private bank; high street bank

(Judeo-Christian) Sabbath

talk about divorce or separation