warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)
finely chiseled (features)
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
three and eight; Arisaka Type 38 rifle
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
pasture; grassland; meadow
district; section; sector
yield; output; production
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
military service; conscription
briskly; quickly; promptly
materials; data; document
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
the other party (usu. in business); person or party with whom you are dealing (on the other end)
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits