Vocabulary

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac)

black spot; black dot; bull's-eye

resentment; grudge; malice; bitterness

friendship; intimacy

friendly talk; chat

return; coming back

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

wife and children

decision; ruling; judgement; judgment

style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics

deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out

changing for the better

engineering course

schoolyard; school playground; school grounds; campus

imperial family; royalty

coin

ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay

buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)

procurement; purchase; buying

buying power; purchasing power

rainfall; rain

high voltage; high pressure

high (atmospheric) pressure; high-pressure system; high-pressure zone; anticyclone

alloy

torture

torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour

distinguished citizen; patriot

unbarked lumber

eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of

deduction; subtraction; balance

difference; disparity; gap

assessment (of value, damages, etc.); revision (of a budget)

recurrence; revival; resuscitation

resale

material

flaked bonito

to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive

sterilization; sterilisation; disinfection; pasteurization

killing and wounding; bloodshed

weed