Vocabulary

saddle sore

banquet hall

weapon; arms; shield and spear

reclaimed land

defending soldier

interferometer

interference fringes

drying up and cracking

drying place; drying ground

dried leaves; dried daikon leaves

dried cod

good offices; auspices; sponsorship; help; assistance

crucial; key; most important; main (point)

eel-liver soup

the liver and gall bladder; one's inner being

test of courage (by going to a frightening place, e.g. a graveyard)

guts; pluck; nerve; spirit

top of a pole

evil intentions; malice

malice; malicious intent; intent to kill

violation of the constitution

leisure

quiet place; vacant land; fallow ground; undemanding job; sinecure; life of leisurely retirement

refined; elegant

cunning man; crook

(the crime of) adultery

wickedness

dissuasion

committing suicide (to remonstrate or dissuade one's lord); preparing to die in an effort to dissuade one's lord

admonition; remonstrance; expostulation

retainer who dares to dissuade his lord

cold water mass

coolant; refrigerant

hanger-on; dependent

clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)

bunches (e.g. of fruit); clusters

small business; micro-enterprise; microenterprise

subsistence farming

territorial waters

territory; fiefdom; feudal domain