Vocabulary

invented story; fabrication

chain of yarn

chain mail (armor, armour)

sickle and chain (weapon)

decline; downfall; ruin(ation)

responsibility or liability for a crime

traces of a crime; evidence of a crime

expiation of sins

hypnotherapy

amount of damages or loss

break-even point

profit and loss statement

profit and loss account

rental fee

arriving in the capital

residents of the capital; townsfolk

in the capital; in Tokyo

urbanization; urbanisation

urban redevelopment

city dweller

city-bred

Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

writer; author

written thing (e.g. book, musical composition); works

writer; author

Copyright Act

the writing profession

(clothes which) make one look fat

standard length of material used in a kimono

standard length of material used in a kimono; roll of material

ignition point

epiphyte; plant which grows on another

first wearing (of new clothes)

kimono material

arriving and departing

receiving post office

(clothes which) look good on a person

using up one's fortune on fine clothes

fixing a bayonet