My words

除雪機

じょせつき

snowblower

伽羅

きゃら

aloes wood, Taxus cuspidata var. nana aloes-wood perfume

たたき台

たたきだい

chopping block springboard for discussion, draft proposal, tentative plan

迷宮

めいきゅう

labyrinth, maze mystery

税関吏

ぜいかんり

customs officer

舞踏会

ぶとうかい

ball, dance

人知

じんち

human intellect, knowledge

理り

ことわり

reason, truth, way of things, justice

人情味

にんじょうみ

human interest, kindness

鉱脈

こうみゃく

vein (of ore), reef, streak, lode

長老

ちょうろう

eldest, senior

残党

ざんとう

remnants, survivors, refugees, pocket (of resistance)

錬金術

れんきんじゅつ

alchemy making big money (implied, by dubious means)

報連相

ほうれんそう

reporting, contacting, and consultation

族長

ぞくちょう

patriarch, head of a family

来す

きたす

to cause, to induce, to bring about a result or state, to produce

惰眠

だみん

indolence, inactivity

目尻

めじり

outer canthus, outer corner of the eye

未開人

みかいじん みかいにん

barbarian, savage, savage (primitive) people (race)

狼煙

のろし ろうえん ほうか

beacon, skyrocket, signal fire, smoke signals starting shot, starting signal

蹌踉ける

よろける

to stagger, to stumble

重鎮

じゅうちん

leader, authority, mainstay

政財界

せいざいかい

political and business circles, political and business establishment, politics and industry

凝縮

ぎょうしゅく

condensation to condense (steam, ideas, emotions, etc.)

芳香剤

ほうこうざい

aromatic

真相究明

しんそうきゅうめい

probe into the truth (of the matter), dig into the real facts of the case, get at the root of a matter

節穴

ふしあな

knothole, peep-hole bad eyes

言い草

いいぐさ

remarks, comments way of talking, speaking style excuse topic (of conversation)

論旨

ろんし

point of an argument, drift of an argument

担保

たんぽ

security, collateral (e.g. mortgage) collateral