Vocabulary

getting on and off; embarking and disembarking

unmarried woman

feeling; sensitivity; emotion

credit company

knowledge; understanding

new home

new word; neologism; newly coined word; recent coinage

fresh troops; fresh players

substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

entry; going into; approach

human work; human agency; art; artificiality

labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions

cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage; cut drink; diluted drink; watered-down drink

water content; moisture; juiciness; dampness

watercolor painting; watercolour painting

rice cooker

several (objects, usu. from two to six)

cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces

legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense

sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

poverty without selfish desire; honourable poverty (honorable); being poor yet honest

south-west

speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green

watchful waiting; careful supervision

singing in unison; chanting in unison

lime; quicklime; caustic lime

stone hut; rock chamber

addition; adding up

compromise; cross; blending; eclecticism

halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally

preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice

other party; other side

declaration of war

fresh fish

fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely

the full-day (school system)

cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up

spear; lance

commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies

hair (on the head)