Vocabulary

descriptive composition

souvenir; memento

souvenir; memento

anniversary; commemoration

press gallery; press box

descriptive grammar

the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki (earliest historical records of Japan)

memory; ability to remember

(computer) storage cell; storage element

memory disorder; impairment of memory; dysmnesia

documentary literature

record keeper; recorder; archivist

groundbreaking or cornerstone-laying ceremony

nap raising

opening line; opening line of a (Chinese) poem

saving from the brink of death

rising and going to bed; daily life

introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry)

first thing after rising; as soon as getting up

starter

first thing after rising

beginning and end

beginning to write; beginning of a brush-stroke

(written) indictment

electromotive force

electric generator

religious oath in writing; written vow to the gods

detonator; priming; primer

triggering explosive

promotional or production rights

villager; village folk; countryfolk

countryside dialect

kagura performance held somewhere other than the imperial palace

mileage; distance

mileage; distance

supra-rational

board of directors; board of trustees

quibbler

deism

finance; economy