Vocabulary

practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice

use of force

to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke

severe; hard

acceptance

bundle of banknotes; stack of bills

living together; mixed residence; sharing living quarters

place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains

survival; remaining; being extant; being left

to start; to begin; to commence

allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance

to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to get stuck (in); to lodge (in)

four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room

tributary; branch

personal opinion

trial; test; try

reagent

to resemble closely

endurance; persistence

anachronism

healing; cure; recovery

loss of eyesight; loss of sight; going blind; blindness

copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript

social life; social intercourse

roadway; road; carriageway

faucet; tap

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege

to handle; to manage; to deal with; to work with; to have experience with

difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

handmade; homemade

fumbling; groping

classification; assortment

head; leader; prime minister

contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation

saltpan; field for drying salt

filthy water; sewage

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to crowd into

pedestrian crossing; crosswalk

hit; strike; blow