Vocabulary
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rise in market prices
person who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc.; outrider; harbinger; forerunner
name of a town; name of a street; name of a neighborhood
Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading; annual New Year's tanka-reading party held at the Imperial Palace
secret funds
joint liability on guarantee
conceptual; ideational; notional
(gymnastical) giant swing; all-out effort; frenzied activity
sexagenary cycle; 60-term cycle of 12 zodiac animals combined with 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar; currently used in Japan for years, historically also for days
sea breeze
harmony; concord; consonance
Japanese dressmaking; kimono making
falconer; hawker
side gate; side door; service entrance
shrines and temples
square jō (approx. 10 sq feet)
civil administration
stop; stoppage; end
stable (market) after having bottomed out
frontal lobe
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
to change; to replace
a hard time; pains
boarding; wooden floor
ornament; decoration
amount of drink; one's drinking capacity
aptitude test
official title
water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
forked road
similar instance; similar case; parallel case; analogy
liquid fertilizer; liquid fertiliser
short piece (of music)
recorded in history; historical
national land planning
vertical axis; vertical line
ventilation
state of a disease; condition of a patient
rough sketch
piano tuner