Vocabulary

first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student

portrait

digestive system

to offer a (monetary) prize

shogi player

shogi piece

Securities and Exchange Act

brilliant light

not having learned one's lesson; never changing one's ways; doggedly; in spite of one's negative experiences

to seize (secure) evidence

pine oil

abstinence (in Catholicism)

careful observation

senior grade of the third court rank

boatman

crystallite

papermaking; paper-making; paper making

to be saved from the fire

irradiation field (of X-rays)

small ego

Happy New Year

clear; bright; plain; obvious

administrator of a manor

lower part of a shoji (paper sliding-door)

frame of a shoji (paper sliding-door)

Hinayana (Buddhism); the Lesser Vehicle

dreary; bleak; lonely; lonesome; desolate

(favorable) odds

to be content with small successes

pyrosulphuric acid; pyrosulfuric acid

manifest; clear; evident; obvious

to receive an invitation

glorious reign; enlightened era

winning move (go, shogi)

to be a leader among leaders

pocket edition

storekeeper; shopkeeper; proprietor of a shop

pyroelectricity

epitome of Tokyo; miniature Tokyo

eulogy