Vocabulary

peace treaty

lecture on a literary text; literary criticism lecture

class; short course

professional storyteller

lecture transcript

lecturer; speaker

explanation (by lecture)

professional storyteller

purchase; buying

buyer

school store; co-op; purchasing department

cooperative society

subscriber; reader; buyer

pair of bundles slung over a shoulder

hair parted in the middle

manner of swinging; way of swinging

selling office

making first base after an uncaught third strike

frequency

substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday

transfer (of passengers or freight)

sake offered to someone; treat of sake

earth-shaking

trembling voice; quavering voice

anniversary of the Great Kanto earthquake

seismic amplitude

epicenter (of an earthquake); epicentre

different culture; foreign culture

foreign country

being of one mind; acting in one accord; behaving in perfect harmony

treasonable intent

exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism

sexual abnormality

heresy

crossbreeding

Chiroptera (order of bats)

two years later; year after next

the following evening

wooden plug

bogwood; bog oak