Vocabulary

education and learning

paper quality

Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood

allocation or dispatching of cars (despatching)

history of a company

high society

between-crops season; off-crops season

followers; hangers-on

unjust; inhuman

soft light

uniforms provided for workers (by the employer)

central nerves

strange incident; unusual occurrence; rare event

practical; realistic; pragmatic

patronage; protection

written and spoken words; description

hostile nature; inimical character

(adding) extra fertilizer or manure (fertiliser)

(natural) lighting (of an interior space)

(apportioning) in small amounts

(former) postal note (abolished in 1951); postal order; postal money order

inherent; innate

marine meteorological observatory

gazing at (in wonderment)

(Edo-period) town magistrate

liner; regularly scheduled ship

poor defense; poor defence

path of retreat

linked verse; couplet; renku

good year; lucky year; bumper year; banner year

main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall

Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides

top of the head; crown of the head; vertex; (the) parietal

attendance at the House; attending a session of the Diet

superb poem or song

longstanding desire

offering oneself (for); volunteering (to do); coming forward; going ahead of others

mail boat

remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)

lightness and heaviness; (relative) weight