Vocabulary

dozing

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.)

technical college

association of people from the same prefecture

the whole sky; the firmament; the heavens; the empyrean

second anniversary of a death

melee

definite decision; final decision

marshy land

urban prefectural tax (of Osaka or Kyoto)

festival float mounted with a decorative halberd

to rise to the surface; to surface

raising plants; cultivating (vegetation); planting

forward inclination (of the body); bending forward

broth

red flesh (of a fish); red-fleshed fish (e.g. tuna); lean meat

fierce fighting

pagan; heretic; heathen

keratin; corneum; cuticle; collagen; horny substance

charcoal making; charcoal maker

fighting alone

Mahayana (Buddhism); the Great Vehicle

voluminous work; bulky volume; tome

vegetable oil

slipping one's hand beneath the opponent's arm and latching on to the underside of his belt

male voice

reasoning; logic; persuasion

pharmacology

lengthy military expedition

invincible; ever-victorious; unconquerable; unbeaten