Vocabulary

dilution; watering down

waterway; canal; channel; watercourse; aqueduct

strait; channel

correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation

adding (an extra amount); increasing; tacking on (a charge)

calligrapher; individual with good penmanship

swift attack; quick attack; fast break; breakaway

relay station; post station; stage

state examination; national examination

Japanese literature

third

products

bases on balls and pitches striking the batsmen

city road; municipal road

private university

biological younger brother

rejuvenation; restoration of youth

used paper; paper for recycling

(in one's) possession

undercurrent

one's first campaign; one's first battle

influential person; man of importance

scoreless (game or competition)

issuance (e.g. of a passport); issuing

eightfold; octuple

base running

arguing face to face

Order of Culture (Japan); Order of Cultural Merit (South Korea)

fighting against an illness

oil painting

wintertime; winter season

blueprint; cyanotype

(convalescent) rest

buying; purchasing; procurement

proceeds (from a sale); takings

mulberry field

local tax; council tax

religion and politics; church and state

setting sail; putting out to sea

hull