Vocabulary

to lie deep in; to extend far back

lady; nobleman's wife

to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)

writing in a European language; European text; Roman letters

jaundice; icterus

hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8

the earth below; the ground below

trade-in; part exchange

subordinate work; assistant

to get strong; to gain strength

to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)

lunatic; madman

to narrow; to contract

one's heart

dresser; dressing table; vanity table

general delivery; counter collection; poste restante

symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity

confinement (indoors, to quarters, etc.)

(wandering) minstrel; troubadour

punctuation mark

working one's way through school; earning one's own school fees

to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city)

gang of young toughs; hooligans; hoodlums; hoods; yobbos

listening closely

private army

sea and mountains

hot-spring village; onsen village

to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate

hairdresser; hairdressing

Chinese book; Chinese classics

water cooling

becoming a monk; entering priesthood

live fish and shellfish (kept in a tank in a restaurant)

prompt decision; immediate decision; on-the-spot decision; snap decision

rolled letter paper

cancellation; withdrawal

a bit of contrivance; some fiddling; a little ingenuity

Japanese characters; kanji and kana

drawing a line (esp. through an entry in a ledger, record book, etc.); striking out; crossing out

acknowledgement; acknowledgment