Vocabulary

florid expression; poetical talent

tribe; branch family

maximum eclipse; maximum obscuration

political affairs; all phases of government

(words of) praise; eulogy

Securities and Exchange Act

dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged

streetwalker (Edo period)

in great haste; hurriedly; in a hurry

loss of spirit; dejection

sukiya style of building; style of a tea-ceremony arbor (arbour)

fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault

sending off the spirits of the dead

to grieve; to lament; to deplore

to grieve; to lament; to deplore

gunshot; bullet

friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy

reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)

criticism; censure

large-hearted; generous; liberal; open-handed; magnanimous; easygoing

guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)

lying face down; lying on one's face

wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee

wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps

to dive (into or under water)

to hold in one's mouth

devious; cunning; sly; crafty

consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault

special delivery mail; express delivery post

tobacco shop; tobacconist

Nagasaki University (abbr)

unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; babble; gibberish; jargon

efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly

a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather

to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to munch; to crunch

to twist; to screw; to wrench

improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low

minced meat; ground meat

if; in case; supposing

running errands; going on errands