Vocabulary

heap; pile; stack; full measure

start of the mountain-climbing season

mountain mass; massif

adult bird

entreaty to a deity

jamming; interference; cross talk

ulterior motive; plot; scheme

to come near (to); to approach

to get thin; to taper off

financial power; financial means; wealth

soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

instrumental trio

assembling (of people)

yamabushi; practitioner of Shugendō

birth control

supplier

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

decimal point; radix point

koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period

to disappear; to vanish; to go out of sight; to go away; to become lost

consumable goods

gunpowder smoke

sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus

imperial edict; decree

to get on aboard; to join a ship

to hand over; to transfer; to turn over; to assign; to convey; to bequeath

to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender

amorous; sexy; voluptuous; erotic

before meals

bed and food; eating and sleeping

heartening; reassuring

heartbeat

to change (e.g. a bill); to transfer (e.g. money); to switch over; to move over

to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge