Vocabulary

mine timbers

draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window

clove oil

T square

T bandage

T junction

sprinkling water (to keep down dust, cool pavements, etc.)

way to hit (a ball, drum, etc.); way to swing (a club); way to play (shogi, go, etc.)

magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave

drum signalling end of a performance

bruise

spot (where one was hit)

premium; agio

batting style; batting form; swing; way of striking the ball; way of swinging the racket

confession; confidential talk; frank talk

forged weaponry (e.g. swords, spears, etc.); forged metal tool

smith; metalsmith

decapitation; beheading

jettisoned cargo

braided cord

bat; batting

batting champion

batting average

thrashing; beating

place by the lamp; area under the lamp

lamplight

ceremony in which paper lanterns are floated down a river

novels or plays about the merchant class

neighborhood association; neighbourhood association

town

physician in private practice

Edo-period official of the chōnin social class; town official

merger of towns and villages

municipal system

martial arts school situated in a town

nailing on; nailing down; nailing shut; being glued (to); being unable to take one's eyes (from)

nail hider; nailhead cover; decorative object which conceals the head of a nail

summit conference

vertical angle

painful reproach; a needle in one's scalp