Vocabulary

(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise

(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision

time; (the) hour

to protect; to guard; to defend

(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to put on top of another

lady (of high social status; e.g. scholar, artist, critic, politician)

hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen

(religious) faith; belief; creed

books

height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); (in) season; full bloom; full swing (of a party, etc.)

coal

monk; priest

plain; simple; subdued; sober

type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype

consent; agreement; acceptance

bankruptcy; insolvency

criticism; critique; review; commentary

leather

writing brush; paintbrush; pen

attire; dress; clothes; clothing; costume; garb

laws of nature; physical laws

to bury (e.g. in the ground)

friend; ally; supporter

safety; security; peace; quiet

to be silent; to say nothing

flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); sailing (e.g. ferry voyage); service; flight

devil; demon; fiend

eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); cutting across; intersecting (e.g. a railway track)

calm; quiet; gentle; peaceful; mild

course; curriculum

going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)

study; scholarship; learning; education; knowledge

admiration; being impressed

returning home; going home; coming home; getting home

engineer; technical officer

reverse; opposite

absorption; suction; attraction

distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference