Vocabulary

rear; back; reverse

early blooming; early flowering

pocket watch

misgovernment; misrule; bad government

crushing to death

(hard) candy; toffee

different view; alternative theory; dissenting view

Public Security Intelligence Agency

the most trying spot or period; the most difficult period

criticizing someone behind their back; backbiting

a (single) moment; an instant

subsiding of water

sense organ; sensory organ

one's store of patience

materials

public money

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

stockbroker

(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

Tertiary period

private army

sea and mountains

hairdresser; hairdressing

Chinese book; Chinese classics

water cooling

becoming a monk; entering priesthood

live fish and shellfish (kept in a tank in a restaurant)

prompt decision; immediate decision; on-the-spot decision; snap decision

rolled letter paper

cancellation; withdrawal

witch hunt (persecution of people accused of witchcraft)

hot-spring village; onsen village