Vocabulary

to give an example

Pan-Americanism

in accordance with the situation

elderly housekeeper; elderly maid

profit on sales

spinning top (traditionally made of Japanese Babylon shell)

retainer; attending on the nobility

to repay double the original amount

to gag (a horse)

to do a silly thing; to do something stupid

to show one's true colors; to expose one's true character

to take up space; to occupy space

to occupy much space

Lord of hosts

slow grower

to have one's turn; to be on duty; to have one's inning

Land of the Rising Sun

upturned eaves; high roof

scarlet bindings used with a traditional Japanese suit of armor

memo; notes

substitute player; reserve

anteroom; antechamber

wrestler waiting at the ringside

duplicate sample

to take a copy of

to allow light to pass through; to shine light through

removal from office

filing a (criminal) complaint; reporting a crime

quern; hand mill

to feel inferior; to feel small

hidden mysteries; secret principle

to grow a beard

kneecap; patella

to sit at ease

intimately; sitting knee to knee

highly esteemed emperor's reign

waterfall

beautiful; florid

enlarged; fat; swollen

left ear