Vocabulary

to swell up; to bulge

sacked; pouched

to soil one's clothes

to complain about one's hard lot

castration

treasury

rich ore

policy of increasing national prosperity and military power

lucubration; elaboration; chisel and ax

quirk of fate; curious coincidence; happy chance

shrine maiden; ancient priest

incurable illness

to raise someone's position; to raise someone's standing

transient life

smack of evil

to redress injustice

to commit vice; to do evil

to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap

to reread; to read again

to shut the lid

to label; to put a tag on

border strip

rain or shine

tied-up places (spots)

French literature

sulkiness

kanji "brush" radical

to stop writing; to put down one's pen; to close (a letter)

to break off writing

to pen; to write; to draw

big arm; brawny arm

low count yarn; thick thread

to make a dent in one's purse; to have to pay out of one's own pocket

pocket money

to lay out a futon; to make a bed

Fudoki (ancient geographical and cultural records of each Japanese province, compiled in the early 8th century)

belly of a boat

to take out a boat; to put out a boat

appendix with chronological table

negative charge