Vocabulary

adhesive; binder; glue; agglutinative agent

nowadays; these days; at present

this month

matter of hit-and-miss; mix of success and failure; variation (in quality, returns, etc.)

disappointment; letdown

buying for immediate requirements; buying just enough to fulfil one's needs; spot purchasing

something done out of spite; snide remark; insinuation; innuendo; dig

the present year; at that time

successful kyogen play; hit

successful performance

admissibility of a party (to a suit)

this place; this office

aim; goal

what ought to be; what should be; what one should do

lucky person; someone who made a lot of money (e.g. gambling or on the stock market)

current month delivery

this family; our family; this house; we

temporary expedient; stopgap; spur-of-the-moment excuse

makeshift; for the time being

stallion brought close to a mare to test her readiness to mate

conjecture; guesswork; guess

equivalent

obstacle

year of birth; this year

successful candidate

snide remark; insinuation; sly dig; disguised reproach; indirect criticism

this duty; this task; this job

winning ticket; lucky number

prizewinner

courageous but doomed resistance

(crime of) inflicting bodily injury

shoji paper

abattoir; slaughterhouse

abattoir; slaughterhouse

spiced sake (served at New Year's)

spices used in toso (spiced sake)

flax color; flax colour; beige; ecru

phosphonic acid (H3PO3); phosphorous acid

genius for evil

root of evil; bad cause