Vocabulary

acting arbitrarily; arbitrary action

electoral district; precinct

the chosen people

cilium; cilia

sennetsu rickettsiosis

vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment

proclamation; dissemination; promulgation

imprudence; indiscretion; thoughtlessness

side of a ship

revolution; gyration; whirling; rotation

relocation of a shrine; transfer of an object of worship

snowflake (cluster of ice crystals)

cutting (e.g. metal)

close-up photography

arthropod

(dispensation of) free medicine

slanted or oblique shadow

traversing

shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina

(expression of) gratitude

company policy

grass plot

ovary

six to four ratio; sixty-forty

pawn ticket

pawning; pawnage

poetic circles; world of poetry

rouge and powder; cosmetics

treatment (medical, cosmetic, massage, etc.); carrying out (therapy, hypnosis, etc.); practicing

the whole world; the seven seas

anthology (of poems); florilegium

hue; color phase; colour phase

to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded

deliberate; careful; thoughtful; deeply laid plan

newly-opened land; recently-settled region; frontier

deep plowing; deep ploughing

middle of the night; dead of night; midnight

heart and soul; one's heart; one's soul

gift; present

divine spirit; (Shinto) god