Vocabulary

to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

to clear; to make clear

to prepare; to provide

saliva; spit; spittle

to visit; to call on

absurd; unreasonable; ridiculous

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

to sharpen; to hone; to whet; to grind

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

troublesome; annoying; complicated

compensation; indemnification; reparation; restitution; recompense

whole house; whole audience

to pass (the night); to spend

to be renewed; to change

handstand; headstand

to weaken; to grow weak; to wane; to decline (of one's health)

to pass (examination)

preface; introduction; preamble

tea ceremony; chanoyu

trade-in; part exchange

incision; operation; section

to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous

to lift up; to hold up; to hold above eye level

to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

to pay for someone else (with the expectation of being reimbursed later); to lend someone the money to pay for (e.g. rent); to make a temporary payment on someone's behalf

to miss; to overlook; to fail to notice

send specially; special envoy

feebleness; weakness

(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; whimsy; (having) strange tastes

coordinate; coordinates

overview; outline; rough summary

contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting

to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to go on board; to get aboard

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

to install; to equip; to mount; to fix (in place); to set up

purity; innocence

taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)

revolution; rotation