Vocabulary

feeling; sensing; understanding intuitively

to put on armour (armor); to wear armour; to arm oneself

plain matcha (powdered green tea)

temple helper

carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus)

to become sick; to fall ill; to be confined to bed

young monk; boy monk

supple; pliant; slender; delicate; lithe; lissome

aunt

word form used in literary language

word form used in vernacular language (as opposed to classical language)

waste of money; extravagance

slurring (of speech); indistinctly; inarticulately

stadial (period of lower temperatures during an interglacial period); stade

interstadial (period of higher temperatures during a glacial period); interstade

Okinawan festival held in the honour of the sea gods (honor)

coarse rice granules (used when making candy); roughly ground rice flour

beverage

limply

bovarysme; bovarism; tendency toward escapist daydreaming

contempt for Japan; anti-Japanese sentiment

to stagger; to stumble; to be unsteady on one's feet

real-life friend (as opposed to online friend)

person with limited access to information (via the Internet, television, etc.)

person with limited access to information (via the Internet, television, etc.)

deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard

deep voice; rich voice; full voice

it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?

sword, dagger, etc. used in crime

brute; violent criminal; savage

wastewater; waste water; liquid waste; black water

(for a fruit) to go bad and lose its shape from being overripe or damaged

parakeet auklet (Aethia psittacula)

verdant pine; green pine

limited-time sale

propaganda leaflet; promotional leaflet; handbill; flyer

wannabe; wannabee

polite; courteous; considerate; attentive

what

unusually large tree