Vocabulary

inspector

grinding allowance

hard wood

iron purpose

offering a drink

prefectural tax

suspension (state)

under construction

suspension; hanging

emphasis mark (used in Japanese text in a way similar to underlining)

way of the sword; swordsmanship

rendering what little service one can

colorful pattern; colourful pattern

donating lumber to a shrine

rice polisher

prefectural hospital

position of power

to seize power

to infringe upon someone's right

to abandon one's rights

to wear a sword at one's side

whale bone

to call in a geisha

essay on art

welcoming honored guests (esp. from overseas)

dog that knows (does) tricks

inn

to perform a play

to take in lodgers; to keep boarders

monthly sales

lunar phase; phase of the Moon

middle of the month

Mondays and Fridays

singing and (string) music

below cost

the coldest season (weather)

to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength

to keep (a student) back (to repeat a grade)

to encourage; to give courage to

black and yellow silk (offered to gods); heaven and earth