Vocabulary

guardship

second husband

assistant inspector

ritual jades worn by feudal lords in ancient China

stems and leaves

to fall into a trap; to play into another's hands

music suspension

cycle-racing track; keirin track; velodrome

temporary existence

to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted

woollen brocade

to give permission to marry

to waver in one's resolution

to lose one's resolve; to have one's resolution waver

to make a firm resolution

final manuscript

connective tissue

firmly determined

blood sugar

crevice; aperture

with a spring; with alacrity; resolutely

to draw a conclusion

to bridge a gap; to supply a lack

to take a vote

northwest

cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); dogs and monkeys

to go up in smoke; to burn down; to be cremated; to vanish into thin air

to emit smoke

kanji "dog" or "animal" radical at left

steep mountain; craggy mountain

suspension (of an automobile)

laboratory block; research laboratory building

research materials

Kengyō; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings

prefectural border; prefectural boundary

expeditionary army

within the scope of authority

shoulder girdle

good for the health; healthy; wholesome

to harm one's health; to injure one's health; to be harmful to one's health