Vocabulary

topic of conversation

fragrance of flowers

spirit of a flower

(cherry) blossom season

bride and groom

neckpiece (on a kimono)

mother bird

maternal love

along the beach

native of Yokohama

speed chess; blitz chess

Falconidae (family of birds of prey)

deficit in long-term capital

long ago

spring breed of silkworm

office serving the crown prince (ritsuryō system)

spring cocoon crop

philanthropy

distribution price

en quad

press and slack of business

judgment paper; judgement paper

circulation; distribution; promulgation

backbone; spirit of defiance

Hemiptera

ranking; precedence

variegated streaks

porphyritic structure

(physical) recoil

anti-imperialism

farmland allotment

mainframe computer

Pan-Americanism

elderly housekeeper; elderly maid

profit on sales

spinning top (traditionally made of Japanese Babylon shell)

retainer; attending on the nobility

Lord of hosts

slow grower

Land of the Rising Sun