Vocabulary

Noto Peninsula (Ishikawa Prefecture)

officers and soldiers; soldiers

military cadet; officer cadet

family of samurai lineage; person with samurai ancestors

chivalry; samurai code

having a samurai's spirit and a merchant's business sense

transactions on dealer's terms

invoice price

consolidated monthly invoice; itemized invoice; itemised invoice; statement of accounts

large-scale speculative go-around

brand new

vat for making rice wine

instigator

embezzlement; misappropriation

unaccounted-for expenditures

anew

case studies

prior consultation

pre-election campaigning

corporation; agency

company consisting of autonomous divisions

unprecedented; new (and different); fresh

Minister of Justice

officer of the court

legally ordered autopsy; court-ordered autopsy

bar examination

diocese

gasp

rest; breaktime

good health

breathing; respiration

life

embolism

blockage of a source

offertory box

love-letter

color fixing; colour fixing

sensuality; lechery

colored thread; coloured thread

red-light district