Vocabulary

covering which protects against frost

boarding house

amateur's skill or performance

drying in the shade

feigned ignorance; pretending not to know

head

head

wealthy person or family

poor or lowly masterless samurai

transparent; plain (glass or glasses)

theory of elementary particles

reciting without samisen accompaniment

reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it

a cherished hope

prolonged silence

dipterans

diplococcus

bark; husk; untanned pelt

coarse cloth

unpolished and uncut gem

granulated sugar

corn or granular snow

brushwood; twig

simple life; frugal life

plain clothing

rough; careless; reckless; slovenly

extensive agriculture

coarse, low-grade tea

sake (implied to be low-grade)

rough grindstone

rough-hewn; rough work

roughly; broadly; generally; more or less

refreshments (implied to be low-grade)

coarseness and fineness; sparse or dense (growth)

coarse; crude; rough

crude

dish consisting of bony fish parts boiled in soy sauce

(rough) undercoat (of paint, plaster, etc.); first coat

inferior goods

black copper