different school (e.g. of ikebana)
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
clouds and haze; swarm (of people); throng; (flee) like the wind; (run) out of sight
fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
manners and customs; folkways; usage
late spring; third month of the lunar calendar
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
article; news story; report; account
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to whomever; to anybody at all
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryo system); provincial capital
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
(ceremony of) driving out evil spirits
old precedent; tradition; custom
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
charm; incantation; spell; curse
one's own child; one's own children
strange; rare; novel; curious
alcoholic beverage for medicinal purposes
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
one's figure during sleep
extensive knowledge; erudition
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon