Vocabulary

freezing; cold storage; refrigeration

grain; bead; drop

paper money; note; bill

purple; violet

drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley

prefectural office

blood pressure

God; god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami

really; very; extremely; terribly; awfully

difference; discrepancy; variation

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)

fireworks

waterfall

affirmation

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line

to touch; to come in contact with; to border on; to adjoin; to be adjacent; to be close

list price; regular price; established price

probability; likelihood; chances

marks; points; score; grade; runs (baseball)

(school) class

academic year; school year

(piece of) type; movable type; moveable type; printing type

Wednesday

letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader

children's story; fairy tale

phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line

date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.)

first 10 days of the month

separate; respective; different

mind and body

victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)

wife (esp. one's own wife)

masterpiece; masterwork

system

medicine; drug

duty; role; function

kitchen knife

coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery

national holiday; public holiday