Vocabulary

being on duty; person on duty; one's turn

body proportions

ceramics; pottery and porcelain

prime of one's working life

bronze statue

special training; intensive training; crash course

originality

rope; cord

south entrance; south exit

soft; tender; pliant; supple

softening

second baseman

journal; log

advancing to the first grade

daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)

main street; avenue; boulevard

marble

short circuit; short

fasting; fast

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō

lethal; fatal

fatal; lethal

matchmaker

advisory

morning and evening

to look at; to gaze at; to watch; to stare at

lecture attendance; auditing

major key

direct tax

tropical fish

mucous membrane; mucosa

farming; agriculture; cultivation

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction

wiring

natural history

(death by) hanging

8th note; eighth note; quaver

all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions

pigeon; dove

half price