Vocabulary

royal authority; regal power; authority of the king

underside

improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up

shipper; consignor

the greater part

slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation

reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days

religious conversion

crab

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

raw milk

corpse

closing (properly); shutting

family a woman has married into

captivity; imprisonment

member of a group

mock exam; practice exam; practice test

Administrative Management Agency

undiluted solution (of)

white sandbar; white sandbank

stepping back; drawing back

putting one's heart and soul (into); giving one's all

closing (properly); shutting

soy milk

transparency

potter; ceramist; ceramicist

yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

reading through (a book); finishing (a book)

noh actor

wharf; quay; landing-stage; jetty

flight; rout; debacle

water supply

self-advertisement

white chrysanthemum

being lightly dressed

thin skin

small profits and quick returns

shorts; (knee) breeches

self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility

secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)