Vocabulary

lie; untruth; prevarication

mixing and matching (clothes, accessories, etc.); wearing of an item of clothing in many different combinations

to narrow the focus; to focus attention (on); to concentrate (on); to zero in

to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness

so little; so few; so trifling; so small

bullfrog

shore power (for use by boats); shoreside electric power

autumnal chill; touch of cold in the air

yellowish; cream-coloured; cream-colored

continental island; island formed by separation from a continent

boat hull; hull

orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; grampus

pen holder; desk tidy

shipping price

building dock (e.g. for ships)

bulbil; cormel; brood bud

hairpiece; false hair; wig

itobin; 17th century male hairstyle (shaved forehead, chignon, sideburns thinned to the size of a thread)

person sporting an itobin hairstyle

man's appearance; man's behaviour; someone disguised as a man

woman's appearance; woman's behaviour; someone dressed as a woman

polishing a metallic mirror

bare tree (usu. of deciduous trees in winter); leafless tree; naked tree

strikers; workers on strike

dish drainer; draining board

ripping; tearing; vibrating; buzzing; like an electric shock

please; I beg you; for mercy's sake

false hair; switch

fire grate; fireplace grate; grate

home page (of a website)

blowout (oil well, gas field, etc.)

hot spring district (within a town)

desire to protect

smoke alarm; smoke detector

clinical teaching; bedside training

to stand side by side; to stand in a row

visitor (to a shrine or temple)

to stand side by side; to stand in a row

dance performed by a single person

hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope