Vocabulary

master swordsman; skilled fencer

sword play; samurai drama

inspection of a meter; reading a meter

stool (feces) examination

trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism

diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies

to look around; to survey

to lose sight of; to miss

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out

to look (stare) back at (someone)

unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison

wise person; sage

stencil (for a mimeograph)

motor

solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately

cutting down on food intake; reducing rations; reducing allowance of food

afterword; postscript

son of a distinguished family; son of a noble

marquis; second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility

brilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster

slope; incline; gradient; grade; pitch

forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; muzzling (someone); gagging; hushing up

start broaching (a subject); opening remark; start; commencement; beginning

mouth ulcer; stomatitis

love of learning; desire to learn; passion for knowledge

pithead; minehead

skill; workmanship; dexterity; quality

armor and helmet

semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style

surrender; submission; capitulation

smell and taste; flavour; flavor

high altitude

vigour; vigor; virility; health; sturdiness

number or size of periodicals or pictures; type size

compound word

national flower

national wealth

severe criticism; sharp criticism; scathing criticism; diatribe; panning

black terracotta; black soil

obsidian