Vocabulary

emperor; shogun

hero; manly person; warrior

besides; moreover; in addition; to make matters worse

tender sentiments; being overcome with emotions; having a tender feeling (for a person)

bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot

free-loader; hanger-on; parasite

albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)

pearl oyster (esp. Marten's pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii)

straight (ahead); direct; upright; erect

ultimate truth

testimony of a witness

signs of human habitation

natural virtue; personal virtue

beast in human form

9th in rank; ninth sign of the Chinese calendar

director of the Dazaifu

potion; liquid medicine

worldly affairs

man of influence

guest of honor; guest of honour

equilateral triangle; regular triangle

legal wife; her child; main family

even the prosperous inevitably decay; sic transit gloria mundi; all that's fair must fade

picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops

hillside farm; fallow ground

fairy; nymph; elf

previous king; late king

recently; the other day

flood of customers; roaring business

thousands; great number of; variety

thousand times

light green

advance payment; money paid in advance

forearm

great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)

once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-

great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

great-grandmother; great-grandma

retroactivity; retroaction; being retroactive (to)

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