Vocabulary

smokescreen

marriage; marriage tie; love knot

grand; far-reaching; ambitious

to keep silent

lively; vigorous; energetic; healthy; avid (e.g. desire); rich (e.g. imagination)

yellow

force of a fire; force of flames

movement of goods

Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan

even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)

(husband and wife) earning a living together

textbook; manual

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

agglomeration; clumping together

telephone exchange number

recently

penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism

to run around; to bustle about

simple honesty; tactless frankness

rake; fork; bamboo rake

military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers

beauty; siren

shape; figure; image

salute; bow

to pass (of time); to elapse

to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to join; to bind

hindsight-based opinion

formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious

like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; relationship of dogs and monkeys

to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate

wise mother

grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)

stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken

underhanded; unfair

locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors

to be bewildered; to be perplexed

as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie

second wife

to make round; to roll up; to curl up