Vocabulary

arable land; plantation; farmland

square; rectangular

sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description

ugly; unattractive; bad-looking

wire

course; direction

chart; diagram; graph; figure

folding fan

to change (one's clothes)

railway bridge; iron bridge

to heat; to heat up

to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture

knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn

night travel; walking around at night

bandage; dressing

to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with

quiet; calm; leisurely; composed

to answer; to respond; to meet

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

empty; vacant; hollow

to dig; to excavate; to hollow

honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language

confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining

zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular

calamity; misfortune; disaster

cooking; kitchen work

loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage

capacity; volume

defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage

neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference

special sale; bargain sale

water fountain

direction; way

to taste; to savor; to savour; to relish

wool

to discuss; to talk about; to deal with (a topic)

knitting; knitted material; crochet

to feel; to sense; to experience

somewhat; to some extent; to some degree

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