Vocabulary

all-purpose flour

Central Labor Relations Committee

middle age

boring

boring machine; borer

dying young

close; intimate; on good terms

falling out (with); quarrel; discord; estrangement; being on bad terms

midsummer

mediator; go-between; middleman

intermediary; medium; channel

samurai's attendant; footman

being left out; being ostracized

split among friends; falling out; internal discord

trade price

peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades

mutual admiration; logrolling

the younger of two elder brothers

court of arbitration

arbitrator; mediator

arbitrator; mediator

second month of the lunar calendar

matchmaker's story; saying nice things about a person

eleventh month of the lunar calendar

maid (not working in the kitchen or living quarters)

mediation; intercession

harmonious; intimate

middleman; mediator; go-between

(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura

abstract art

lottery ticket

day and night

matinee

daylight lamp

dunce; blockhead; inattentive person; (a) lantern at noon

about noon

luncheon

noon; lunch time

luncheon meeting

sneak thief; daytime prowler