Vocabulary

heated wire

to grow old

horse tack; horse gear; harness

to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha); to pay one's respects

to buy

gambler

should (be); bound (to be); expected (to be); must (be)

revelation; manifestation; appearance

to pick out; to single out; to select

reaction

cardboard; paperboard; pasteboard

watchdog; guard dog

foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage

secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick

unproductive; counterproductive

to fly away; to flee away; to scatter

flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

expression; presentation

earthenware pot

everlasting; immortal; eternal; enduring; undying; imperishable

unkindness; unfriendliness

prefectural office (of Osaka or Kyoto)

double-entry (e.g. bookkeeping)

art of war; strategy; tactics

disguise; masquerade

to think up; to think out; to work out; to come up with; to devise; to invent

to return; to come back; to go back

absentmindedness; preoccupation; being in a daze

radiant heat; heat radiation; heat dissipation; thermolysis

to visit; to call on

speed of light

great achievement; glorious deed; (gaining) fame; (earning) distinction

thick makeup; heavy makeup

meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into

labor cost; charge; wages; pay

National Aerospace Laboratory; NAL

aircraft carrier

rough sea; stormy sea

ruined castle

nationalism; extreme patriotism