Vocabulary

string; cord

let a hundred schools of thought contend

(on the) verge of death

unspecified; random; indefinite

undefeated; unbeatable; invincible

universal suffrage

maiko; apprentice geisha (in Kyoto)

female dancer; dancing girl; danseuse

elegance; taste; refinement

compound eye

to deposit; to pay in

(before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha

stupa; pagoda

Buddhist teachings; Buddhism

worldly desires; materialistic desires

separate volume; fascicle; fascicule

barracks

flat; even; level

square metre; square meter

clear; simple

rice flour

groom; footman; stableman; equerry

transformation

to knit; to plait; to braid

patent attorney; patent agent

salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay

reward; prize

the dead; ghost

behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence

tyranny; atrocity

facing north; northern exposure

troop headquarters; stronghold

main topic; main subject; main issue; main question

boat; watercraft

ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite

entering the priesthood

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat)

purification; refining

pure; genuine; real

early spring; beginning of spring