Vocabulary

pitch-black; jet-black; black

chopping board; cutting board

perfect circle

memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition

imperial decree; imperial edict

to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)

surname; family name; last name

folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs

other side; opposite side; other party

rather; better; instead; if anything

eye; eyeball

disorderly; messy; ruined

profit; earnings

(written) application; application form

wasteful; a waste

thigh

to leak out; to escape; to come through; to shine through; to filter out

yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue

jealousy

residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

to become thin; to lose weight; to slim

redoing; doing over again

to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence

depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)

appearing ...; looking ...

nursing; (protective) care

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully

another place; somewhere else; strange parts

very; greatly; much; to a large extent; quite

late at night; small hours of the morning

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be revived; to be refreshed; to be restored

hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible

our country; our land; one's own country

to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil

to well (up); to gush out (of water); to spring out; to surge

to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology

division

to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear

Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)