Vocabulary

hag; old witch

mysterious occurrence

ominous cloud

rich soil; fertile land

fertile land; oasis

fertile fields or plain

wretched life; life of misery

susceptibility to depression

eugenic sterilization; eugenic sterilisation

holder of preferred stock

fine horse

larval organ

childhood; infancy

young lord or master

preschool education; early childhood education

early childhood

(wheat) germ

little child

childhood

baby's face

perverse individual; cynic; misanthrope

(admission to the) secrets of a discipline; esoterics of a discipline

depth; profundity

pyloric stenosis

executing by oneself

bear hunting

Ainu bear-sacrifice festival; Iomante

puppet show

train dispatcher; train despatcher

classification yard; marshalling yard; switchyard

drill manual

pilothouse; wheelhouse; steering house

operating rate

operating costs

pilot

control column; yoke; joystick

scraps of seaweed

algal fungi

seaweed salt; salt from burning seaweed

seaweed used in making salt; anthology