Vocabulary

mid-winter; cold season

full payment; liquidation

successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through

responsiveness; responding; sensitivity; sympathy; sympathizing; sympathising

exposure; sensitization; sensitisation

idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase

acclamation; jubilation

nectar; sweetness

renting a room

washing (a kimono, futon, etc.) without taking it apart; laundering whole

dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip

moment just before something happens; verge (of doing something); brink

fast pace; quick pace

raid; assault; descent

Salvation Army

seeking after truth

(metal) cap

empress (consort); queen (consort)

A-grade; first-class

imperial princess

hardness; stiffness

making a killing; making easy money

fragrance

signal gun; starting gun

exploitation; overuse; abuse

turning to the left; left turn

redistribution

talented person; clever person

slender face

rapeseed; coleseed

criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender

appetizer or snack served with drinks

secret intention; ulterior motive

combustibility; inflammability

collected waka poems (of a single poet)

heir; successor

poetry party; tanka competition; gathering of tanka poets

matchlock; arquebus

playing with fire

self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style