Vocabulary

Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)

bargain goods; loss leader

repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year

sending a telegram; telegraphing; wiring

laying underground (e.g. cables); burying (e.g. pipe)

pathogen

long horse (for vaulting)

cake flour; pastry flour

lipid

way; method; means; resource; course

geothermal energy; terrestrial heat

normal state (condition)

setting off (on a long journey); setting out; departure (e.g. for the front); leaving home

raw cotton; cotton wool

assault; violent attack

strong defense; strong defence

small factory in town; (small) backstreet workshop

woodblock (engraved block of wood used to make prints)

setting sun

cook; chef

dwindling; declining; diminishing; tapering off

fortune; property

lane; alley

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