Vocabulary

favorite; favourite; habitually used

bad smell; foul smell; offensive odor; stench; stink

grasping; gripping; grasp; grip; clutch

highlight; best part

great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking

enclosure; fence; wall; pen; paling

entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization

surprise; something unexpected

chair; seat; stool; bench

heresy; nonconformism; heathenism; paganism

change (e.g. season)

posthumous works

(complete) set; outfit; kit; suite

(some small) help; an aid; some assistance

killing two birds with one stone

one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style)

one school; one sect; one denomination

first person (to do); person going first

one vehicle

crow (Corvus spp.); raven

panel; wainscoting; wainscotting

rainy weather

lie; fib; falsehood; untruth

permanence; continuation

English(-language) literature

English translation

boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty)

passing the winter; hibernation

disk; discus; platter

to act (a part); to play (a role)

(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; throwing up (one's) hands

wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery

Wagyu (any of four breeds of Japanese cattle); Wagyu beef

bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; relationship; connection; link

amiability; friendliness; affability; sociability

soon; before long; shortly; in the near future

magnetic field

Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver

figure of a person; figures of people