Vocabulary

serving as a retainer

vassalage

vassalage

loyalty to one's master

status of a subject

(of members of the Imperial family) becoming subjects of the state

hardwood

(the Christian sacrament of) confirmation

hard charcoal

log on the roof of a shrine set perpendicular to the ridgepole

kidney stone; renal calculus

kidney inflammation; nephritis

kidney disease; renal disease; nephrism

kidney stone; renal calculus; nephrolithiasis

state of emergency; emergency; crisis

urgent motion

emergency evacuation

easing of tensions; detente; thaw

reduced budget; budgetary austerities

wise wife

wise master

wise (house)wife

the wise and the foolish

a wise idea; polite reference to another's consideration

sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar

training partner

accomplishments; taking lessons (in dance, music, tea ceremony, flower arranging, etc.)

training clothes (judo, kendo, etc.); practice suit

bowing to the floor

initiation into an art or discipline

universal conscription

system of universal conscription

Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone

full payment of a tax

prize for perfect attendance

upper floor; upstairs

factorial

class society; class-based society; hierarchical society

class consciousness

auspicious appearance; good or lucky omen