Vocabulary

dried fish; stockfish

dry dock

dry plate

dried boiled rice

young person; young servant; young man come of age (at 16)

gargling; rinsing one's mouth

counterfeit (paper) money; counterfeit bill; counterfeit note

Gan

you

tortoise-shell divination (in ancient China and Japan)

hypocrite; snob

to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to talk foolishly

nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish

cheap literature; writing for amusement

auspicious event

lucky day; auspicious day

inverted triangle

eternity

rival; opponent; adversary; competitor; enemy (esp. one with which there is longstanding enmity); foe

spherical surface

past events; bygones

the old year; last year

to be (of animate objects); to exist

large and small matters; particulars; details; greatness and smallness; circumstances

capital (esp. Kyoto)

emperor's meal

blackmail; extortion; coercion

carpenter's square (for checking angles)

carpenter's square

treasure house; treasury

golden shachihoko (ornament)

frigate (bird) (Fregata spp.)

military service

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to heel over; to be disposed to; to trend toward

older brother and younger sister

wild rose; bramble

cockscomb; comb; crest

to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in

shoulder blade; scapula

male coming-of-age-ceremony