Vocabulary

selling separately

writing paper; stationery; notepaper

to walk; to go on foot

awamori; strong Okinawan liquor distilled from rice or millet

this institution; the main institution

plants; medicinal herbs

undeveloped (area); unexplored (field of study); wild (areas); untapped area

(doctrine of) anarchism

forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)

drizzle; light rain

providence; luck; favor; favour; advantage

thoughtless; reckless; careless; rash

pore (of the skin)

every evening; night after night

night school; evening school; evening class

misfortune; bad luck; evil; disaster

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

digression

heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air

(incoming) attack; raid; invasion; assault

disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray

rangaku; study of Western knowledge through the Dutch language during the Edo period

lining; backing

back lane; byway; back street

to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove

to return; to come back

zero (points, marks); no marks

premature death

expulsion of foreigners

Japanese fir (Abies firma); momi fir

rain intensity

summer grass

hard to please; difficult; particular; fussy; choosy; picky

sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

toothache

master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee

the human body; one's person

to pluck; to pick; to nip off

bright red; bright

after the rain