Vocabulary

elementary level; beginner level

close friendship; close friend; good friend; bosom buddy; chum; pal

lighthouse

dim; gloomy

storage room; storeroom; lumber room

dawn; daybreak

evening sun; setting sun

backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit

exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

bed; couch

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides)

dental brushing; brushing one's teeth

rare; seldom

school trip; field trip; excursion; outing

temperate zone

another time; again; over again; once again; anew

swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean

feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; being thankful

time; years; days; (one's) life

likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness; fussiness

to go around; to make a circle around

to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe

shoji (paper sliding door)

pedestrian traffic

despotism; autocracy

electric fan

to be sufficient; to be enough

changing clothes; change of clothes

rectangle; oblong

toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom

equation; formula

to melt; to liquefy; to thaw

youngest child

ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement

fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light

exposure to the sun; sunny place; sunlight

food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life

acceleration

coupon tickets; discount tickets; book of tickets

the Japanese syllabary