Vocabulary

complete budget

including postage

eldest son

epistolary style using the auxiliary "sōrō" in place of "aru"

check; obstruction; hindrance; impediment

compassion; pity

lattice group

measuring chain

sole leather; sole

foundation materials

organizational entity; organisational entity; body

syntax

instigation

molding; moulding; modeling; modelling

prime field

plasto-elasticity

tears falling onto the sleeve

ancient altar of sacrifice

village elder

poor side dish

carding machine

corvee; taxes in kind or service (ritsuryō system)

ritual stamping in the ring

village; countryside; country house

loss factor

loss current

the mystery of creation

increment; addition; (amount of) increase

very short time; moment

tax increase proposal

elephant trainer

trunk of an elephant

damage and ill-treatment

generic difference

vulgar taste

putting an entire family to death; eradicating a whole family

in one's lifetime; (while) in life

yellowish (color)

older brother

roundup; wholesale arrest