Vocabulary

proportional distribution

communicating in writing

sake brewery

enemy plane

forbearance; omission; nonfeasance; inaction

bylaws; by-laws; detailed regulations

chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly

shipping industry; shipping business; marine transportation business

aboard an aeroplane (airplane)

wishful

(Judeo-Christian) Sabbath

talk about divorce or separation

all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives

to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain

outside a window

to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

first tea of the season

drinking bout; merrymaking

austerity; voluntary privation

enlightenment; great wisdom

virtuous act or deeds; goodness

legislative decision

ghastly; dreadful

the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; the demon's gate

introduction

to send (something) unsolicited; to send without the receiver's request

useless; deadhead

to oust; to dethrone; to displace (from a position of power)

to be equal in number, degree, etc. (of two things in opposition); to balance; to cancel out

to change (with time, the ages, the seasons, etc.); to shift

to leave behind; to misplace; to forget

to move up (e.g. date, rank, order); to be advanced

to fly wildly about

to keep standing; to stand motionless

silencing (a machine, gun, etc.); muffling; muting (e.g. a TV)

breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure

perfectly clear

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)