Vocabulary

leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.)

patriarch; head of a family

seeing someone off and later welcoming them back; taking someone to and fro

absolute temperature; measure of temperature from absolute zero (-273C)

forgetfulness

self-governing dominion

boastful speech; bragging

proportional distribution

communicating in writing

sake brewery

enemy plane

forbearance; omission; nonfeasance; inaction

international character

tranquilizer; tranquiliser

famous saying; noted haiku

great commander; famous commander

excellent poem; famous poem

sacred mountain

superfine; extra-fine; extremely thin

cracks or fissures in the ground

neurology

bylaws; by-laws; detailed regulations

chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly

shipping industry; shipping business; marine transportation business

aboard an aeroplane (airplane)

wishful

parting gift; remembrance; aftereffect

insanity; lack of mental capacity; (state of) non compos mentis

Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods)

drawing pictures; painting pictures; taking photographs

intellectual training

outer shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine

jumping; jump (e.g. in prices)

saintliness; great virtue; eminent virtue

common law

life

separate; scattered; apart

land transportation

member of parliament

fleshing out (e.g. a plan); giving substance to