Vocabulary

excerpt; abridgment; abridgement; book of selections

marshland; wetland; swampland

vertical motion (in earthquakes)

superior; first-class; excellent; top quality

private first-class (army); airman first class (air force); lance corporal (US Marines; Commonwealth military); seaman (navy)

to get off; to abandon (a ship or vehicle)

affectation; showiness; pretence

changing one's clothing (of a bride or groom during a wedding reception)

to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

index finger; forefinger

letter of credit

sleeping face

spirit (e.g. human spirit); soul

profound; deep; unfathomable; esoteric

abyss; ravine

posture; attitude

to step forward; to volunteer

shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety

stagnation; hindrance; delay

inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem

archduke

pickled daikon radish

a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much

lamentable; deplorable; regrettable; sad; wretched

light; faint; pale; fleeting

verselet

minor role; small part

warm current

male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women

to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange

bamboo work; bamboo ware

tea ceremony; chanoyu

medium or average price

appendicitis

enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place)

to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard

preserved food boiled in sweetened soy sauce

peat

in the face of the enemy; before the enemy

flute player; flutist; flautist; piper