Vocabulary

popularity

hymn; psalm

changing one's attitude; turning over a new leaf; getting a fresh start

eldest child; oldest child; first child

crop (conditions); harvest; yield

obsession; compulsive idea

(vocal) volume

the war generation; those who grew up during WWII (in Japan)

old battlefield

(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; attention

Committee on Judicial Affairs

Buddhist sermon

native of a prefecture

profiting while others fight; fisherman's profit

the times; an age; a day and age

antibiotic-resistant bacteria

degree of accuracy

play within a play

brewery (sake, soy); brewer

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

long life and happiness

calisthenics

charcoal fire

movements; bearing; deportment; carriage; behavior; behaviour

wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face

member of shogun's council of elders

weather vane

to repack; to refill

to knead again

to interweave

utmost limit; extremity; result

mealtime

widely; extensively; on an extensive scale

Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku

weak; frail; fragile

field overseer; site foreman

perishable food; perishables

nocturnality; nocturnal habits

hemorrhoids; piles

unlabeled; unbranded