Vocabulary

injury; damage

contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)

living off (a person); sponging off; parasitism

late spring

dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid

restless; fidgety; fussy

wild land; wasteland; wilderness

trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick

Yangtze and Yellow rivers; large river

righteous indignation; patriotic lamentation; deploration

uvula

dark brown; olive brown

divine; sublime; solemn

deferred stock

antihistamine

celestial latitude; ecliptic latitude

sexual indulgence

marriage of an Imperial princess to a subject

each house; every house

houses and inhabitants; population

to be heart-warming

to understand each other well; to relate to; to strike a sympathetic chord

to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to

inconsiderate; unkind; cruel; inhuman

to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one

to take care; to mind; to be attentive

intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly

to one's heart's content

foundation of the nation

universal conscription

to be at one's wit's end; to be in great trouble; to be at a loss

dark purple

young girl; lass; adolescent female

Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard

guardian deity of seafaring; Kumbhira

(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

usurer; usury; loansharking

utilitarianism

slow to act; slow in starting work

firm; flexible and hard to break; persevering