Vocabulary

nuisance; encumbrance

calamity; disaster; accident

the year before the unlucky year

calamity; evil; misfortune

unlucky day; bad day; evil day; ill-omened day; off day

victimized by the unlucky year; victimised by the unlucky year

exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence

escape from evil; exorcism

war; campaign; battle

perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments

divisor; factor; measure

approximately half

pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); apothecary

medically effective ingredient

medicine box

pharmaceutical company

cartridge case

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

translation and annotation; translation with notes

translated book

to spring at; to leap upon

to jump into; to rush into

to spring up; to leap to one's feet; to jump up and down

slim waist; slender figure; willowy figure

loach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root

beautiful eyebrows; lovely eyebrows

to stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the bush

unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest

to only make work for oneself; to stir up a hornet's nest; to put one's foot in one's mouth

pleasure

to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold

to loaf around (on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle

cold sweat; greasy sweat

oiliness; greasiness

rape (seed oil plant, Brassica campestris)

large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata); aburazemi

don't let your guard down; carelessness is the great enemy; danger comes soonest when it is despised

aphid; plant louse

to recover; to be healed

to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)