Vocabulary

captive; prisoner

rainfall; rainy weather; rain

high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; high-pressure salesman

spending; consumption

hearing many times

seedbed; nursery; seed-plot

immorality; injustice; misconduct; impropriety; perfidy

no sleep or rest; working day and night

pier; wharf; quay; dock

public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior

taking medicine

daily income in cash; money paid by daily installments; money paid by daily instalments

side of a moat

stretching out (in a longitudinal direction); running; traversing

draft papers; call-up notice

pilotage; pilot

well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge

long handle; long-handled spear; long shaft

assembly-line system

busy farming season

liquid food (diet)

corporation; association

slight cold

land war

eating while standing; eating at a (street) stall

Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

itinerary; travel plans

hunter; huntsman

verdigris; green rust; copper rust

exemplification; illustration; example

cold reception; inhospitality

exposure; disclosure

recitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)

fumigation; smoking (out)

wrinkle; crease

quarrel; dispute; argument

omitting (reluctantly); leaving out; dropping

arguing (someone) down; loudly scolding; rebuking

rubble; debris; wreckage; tiles and pebbles

cracker; hard biscuit; hardtack