Vocabulary

exemption from military service; draft exemption

physical examination (given at conscription)

requisition order

disciplinary measures; (judicial) sanctions

steam pressure

steamship; steamboat; steamer

steam locomotive

evaporation heat

steam bath

distilled liquor; spirits

still

baking foods in a covered pan; foods baked in a covered pan

steamer; casserole dish

taking in; harvesting

an intake

to clean up; to clear away; to put in order

especially; particularly; above all

to distribute; to portion out; to deal out; to dish out; to serve

(a stock) exchange

volume of business; turnover

layering (a plant)

to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of

installation

to enlarge; to widen; to spread out

card to pick up (esp. in hyakunin isshu karuta, i.e. the card printed with the second half of a poem)

money collected

individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed

confusion; bustle

confidence trick

service point; agency; office

agent; person in charge

to deplete; to take all

to deal with effectively; to handle (well); to manage

mediation; intercession; smoothing over

to fetch; to go and get

to return

namely; that is (to say); in other words

to crush

low-ranking unsalaried wrestler (ranked below juryo)

as much as one can take or carry away