Vocabulary

nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be

rubber gloves

snowboarding

to (prepare to) run away (from one's responsibilities, etc.)

target language; object language

addiction

dependent (e.g. in a family)

shareholders' agreement

doctor

Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus); Temminck's cormorant

great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

agricultural university

agricultural university

tremendous; big; great; terrible

offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.)

bonze; monk

mine tunnel; mine shaft; mineshaft

women-only carriage (e.g. on a train)

folding ruler; collapsible ruler

map (or diagram, etc.) folded with a cover on each side

opportunity to continue a conversation

stool (stood on to reach high objects); stepladder

stool (stood on to reach high objects)

(young) seductress; temptress

small-scale finance

difference (from one another); different thing; other

strange; odd; unusual; peculiar

exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable

outstandingly; extraordinarily; exceptionally

with each new day; day by day; by the day

earth dam; earthfill dam

rockfill dam; rock-fill dam

gravity dam

large river (esp. the Yangtze)

ji (ancient Chinese halberd)

bronze dagger-axe

bronze hoko; bronze halberd; bronze spearhead

bronze sword

Pythagorean theorem

Pythagorean theorem