Vocabulary

suzerainty

regulations governing Chinese religious observances and social order

Japanese religious census used to repress Christians (Edo period)

piety

religious studies; study of religion

the Reformation

religious painting; religious picture

philosophy of religion

the Inquisition

religious drama; miracle play

one's family or clan

religious matters

religious regulations

worshipper; admirer

smoothing out wrinkles

tendency; trend; current

daisy (Bellis perennis); English daisy

playing with dolls displayed on the Girl's Festival

chick; baby bird

tiered doll stand (for hina dolls)

light coming in or leaking through a window

curtains

useless employees (shunted off by a window to pass their remaining time until retirement)

all-out war; total war

supreme commander

total expenditures

general manager

central head office; home head office; flagship store

head family; main branch of a school or religion

finishing up (a job); selling out; buying up

full-leather; leather-bound (book)

commander-in-chief; supreme commander

(command) headquarters

overall balance of payments

total work of art; complete work of art; Gesamtkunstwerk; artwork that integrates music, poetry, and acting; composite art

total quality control; TQC

general trading company

integrated development

general-interest magazine

tax on aggregate income