Vocabulary

reduced drawing; miniature copy

branch office

spring breeze

ten-day report

first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan

first love; puppy love

prescribed form (of writing); format

preface; foreword; introduction

commerce (field of study); department of commerce (at a university)

evening; early night hours

small boat

setting off (on a trip); departure

boarder; boarding student

successive jobs; consecutive jobs

rose

right end; right edge

salt water; brine

number of words a person speaks

flood; freshet; inundation

front wheel

reading-book; reader; guidebook; manual

ordinary person; average person; mediocre person

delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy

young and old; all ages

knitting; knitted material; crochet

endorsement (of a cheque, bill, etc.)

seller; vendor

prawn; shrimp; lobster

ornament; decorative object

severe earthquake; violent tremor

shallow view; superficial idea

(moral) decay; (social) decline; decadence; corruption; degeneration; deterioration

bill; account

price range or fluctuation

being roused; being stimulated; being inspired; being spurred on

repetition; repeat; reiteration

pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse

things one is carrying; things one has on one's person

yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer

vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor