Vocabulary

armature

speech; utterance; speech production; starting to speak

starting (train) station

calorific value

originator; promoter

carcinogen; carcinogenic substance

aeroplane taking off from a warship (airplane)

abandoned mine

abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)

dethronement

disabled soldier; crippled soldier

utilization of waste materials; recycling

dethroned emperor or king

(moral) decay; (social) decline; decadence; corruption; degeneration; deterioration

deserted house; ruined house

disability clause

disinheritance

decay; ruination

abandoned railway line; closed railway line; discontinued line

decommissioned warship

rejected goods

water bucket suspended from a weighted rod

offerings of rope, paper, etc. hung on trees in Shinto shrines

poor village; our own (little or poor) village

evil or corrupt or abusive practice

glance; glimpse; cursory view

overarm stroke (type of traditional Japanese swimming style)

sudden dissolution of a legislature

drawn thread

fool; dimwit; blockhead

stealthy footsteps; walking on tiptoe

pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine without a travel permit or permission from one's parents or relatives (Edo period)

drawing one's sword

addition and deletion

pilfered goods

extract; excerpt

byway; bypass

skimming a text

stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others

weighing anchor; setting sail