Vocabulary

sea god; Poseidon; Neptune

host and guest

tea house

unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; bumpiness

oval shape; egg shape

inner moat; moat within the castle walls

wit; resources; tact

coachman; driver; cabman; postilion

juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord

advocacy; promotion

papier-mâché

widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman

frying or baking something thin (e.g. thin omelette)

stockbroker

organized labour (organised, labor); unionized labour

table salt

vast stock of books; bookstore; bookshop

sublease; sublet

unconditional command; must-obey order

disciplinary committee

battery (of artillery, cameras, etc.); barrage

total hours spent working

camellia-like plant native to China

horizontal typesetting

acting as a foster parent; caring for another's child

parents and siblings; one's relatives

a bit of contrivance; some fiddling; a little ingenuity

Japanese characters; kanji and kana

drawing a line (esp. through an entry in a ledger, record book, etc.); striking out; crossing out

acknowledgement; acknowledgment

amount of water

(act of) drinking water

short break; breather

similar figures (in geometry)

reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it

everyday articles which have come to be regarded as folk art

remainder; the rest; residue

afterglow

a quarrel; argument

asking price