Vocabulary

undiluted solution (of)

white sandbar; white sandbank

one's family temple; temple with one's family grave

farming; agriculture

struggle for existence

difficult piece (of music)

office organization; office organisation

compensation; amends; redeeming feature

pet cat

heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets); white heron

family a woman has married into

captivity; imprisonment

member of a group

mock exam; practice exam; practice test

raw milk

corpse

closing (properly); shutting

Administrative Management Agency

all one's wisdom; bag (full) of wisdom

saint

supplementary biography

houseboat; pleasure boat (large, roofed)

local color; local colour

formalism

stepping back; drawing back

last night

becoming complicated; becoming involved; being intricate; becoming entangled; becoming jumbled; becoming mixed up

leaflet; flyer; handbill

patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity

greatest treasure; most valuable asset; pride (of)

affection (esp. parental); love; fondness

merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity)

self-support

rudeness; impoliteness; disrespect; impertinence

gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)

old capital; former capital

ox carriage (for Heian-era nobles); oxcart

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)

morning star; Venus; rarity

rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field