Vocabulary

calf

blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace

head; chief; boss; leader

hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain

shorter way; shortcut

butterfly

guidance; lead; acting as guide; giving assistance

state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements

casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; indifferent; offhand

drinking water; potable water

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides)

dental brushing; brushing one's teeth

airship; blimp

farmer; peasant; farm laborer; farmhand

weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health

character; personality

poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby

constant; persistent; unremitting; ceaseless

discord; (on) bad terms (with)

nonpayment; default

extramarital sex; affair; fooling around

having more losses than wins

storage room; storeroom; lumber room

fork; junction; parting of the ways

in the sentence; in the text

joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side

average mark; mean point

square kilometer; square kilometre

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

separate volume; extra issue; supplement; additional volume; supplementary volume

taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon

strong person; person putting on a brave front

retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation

Buddhist priest; bonze

rioters; mob; insurgents

communicable disease control (e.g. by quarantine, disinfection, etc.); prevention of epidemics

breakwater; mole

pasture; grass

one's registered domicile (as recorded in the family register); one's legal domicile (as opposed to where one lives)

this land; our country