Vocabulary

special ration; special bonus or dividend

special duty

secret military agency; secret service

local specialty; special product (of a region)

idiosyncrasy

patent filing fee; patent maintenance fee

(printed or written in) large letters

special number

special feature article

special telegram or dispatch (despatch)

special kind

special approval

privileged class

sowing (seeds)

imperially commissioned poetry anthology

temple built at the order of the emperor

Minister of the Left (second-ranked official in the Department of State under the ritsuryō system)

left atrium

left ventricle

symmetry

(living with) ease and comfort; easy street; life without financial worries

counterclockwise; anti-clockwise

driving on the left side of the road; driving on the left-hand side of the road; left-hand side driving

so; like that

looking right and left or all about; vacillation

adding soil to a flowerbed

(having) no objection; allowable

hair of different color mixed into an animal's coat (colour)

adding water (to a plant)

balance (of an account); striking a balance

uncalled-for remark; impertinent remark

hindrance; offense; offence; prohibition

(being) face to face; facing each other

a quick thrust of the hand

differential duties; selective taxation

discriminatory treatment

stealthy steps

(lubricating) oil; oiling a machine

carrying upon two persons' shoulders

difference; margin