Vocabulary

pulse (edible seeds of various leguminous crops); plant yielding pulse

same color; same colour

to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive

pictures drawn by child; pictures for children

to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to get to the bottom of

to run into; to collide with; to crash into; to bump against

blunt weapon

Chief Cabinet Secretary

internal bleeding; internal haemorrhage; internal hemorrhage

solar radiation; insolation

registering (a marriage, etc.) in the family register

being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to

cohesion; adhesion

delivery of goods

noh mask

destructive; devastating

breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)

survival after defeat

sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat

announcer; presenter; speaker; publisher

clique; clan; faction

worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh

drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink

late spring

coarse tea

Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts

to pick up; to gather

finding (lost property); picking up

to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be better (than others at something)

end of a performance

to live (in the house of one's employer, teacher, etc.); to live in; to become a live-in employee; to become a resident (of an institution)

relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage

dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty

to apply (the law) with necessary modifications; to apply mutatis mutandis; to apply correspondingly

to become moist; to be moistened; to become damp; to get wet

student

womanly; ladylike; feminine

curtain-raiser; prologue

commercial practice

timidity; cowardice