Vocabulary

general term; generic name

bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel

coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting

visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call

dissuasion (from resigning, leaving, etc.); persuading (to stay)

recognition of services

now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns

an age (ago); a long time (ago); a decade (ago)

one breath

one turn; spinning around

information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; dropping a line

first baseman

outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person

ear (head) of rice

Impressionists

(animal) feed; fodder; pet food

station building

banquet; dinner party

deep-seated grudge; hatred

long distance; long range

school trip; field trip; excursion; outing

unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; ruggedness

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

profile; face in profile; face seen from the side

righteous government; just rule; kingship; rule of right; noble path

temperate zone

lower layer; layer beneath

summer clothing; summer wear

household economy; housekeeping; homemaking

drawing paper

dubious document; anonymous document containing defamatory statements

revised edition

swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean

pattern; design

opening of a park (theme park, botanical garden etc.)

loanword (in Japanese, esp. one of Western origin); word of foreign origin

block (of land)

saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb

tone (of speech, writing, etc.); style

storage; housing for equipment and machines