Vocabulary

westward trip; trip to the West

large number of people

(raw) ore

matchless; unequalled; unequaled

public order; public policy

determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech

passer-by; traveler; traveller

destination

anti-foreign

acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation

dictatorial

dictatorship; despotic government

oil-based

in a company; troupe

dozing

all-around; across-the-board

dehumidification

intervertebral disk

indirect election

pounding lightly on the shoulders (to relieve stiffness); shoulder massage; massage stick for pounding the shoulders

hypothetical or imaginary enemy

new (residential) area (esp. built on reclaimed land during the Edo period); newly-opened region

opening (of uncultivated land)

street vendor; peddler

the last stage

natural or automatic increase in revenue

disintegration

mudslinging contest; mudslinging match

arranging a group of people so as to form a character or spell out a message

surface of a board (shogi, go, etc.); (state of) the board; development of a game

sampling a drink; tasting

autumn rain front; fall rain front

hydroponics

crystalline lens (of the eye)

drowning; flood; shipwreck

layperson; layman; laywoman; laity

house of an imperial prince

small (of a grain or berry, etc.)

practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)

the contracting business