Vocabulary

riverside

(large) gun; artillery; cannon

attendance at a funeral

excursion; round trip

(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah

renaming; retitling

illustration; drawing

(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor

seashell; shell

triumphant return; returning in triumph

foreign loan; foreign debt; foreign bond

foreign enemy; outside invader

cover; lid; cap

outside the Cabinet

school friend

form (of type); forme

cold wave

sentiment; sentimentality

entertainment district; amusement area; pleasure quarter; red-light district

rod; pole

eyeball

looks; features

human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure); feelings

subtleties; niceties; fine points; inner workings; secrets

steamship; steamboat; steamer

riding (on horseback); mounting (a horse)

ceremony; rite; ritual; service

bent back

emergency; crisis; critical moment

taste; feel on the tongue

investigation into historical evidence; study of historical artifacts

criticism (by a teacher or coach, with commentary, especially at a poetry reading); review; critique

yeast; leaven

vein (of ore); reef; streak; lode

high mountain; lofty peak

powerful family; powerful clan

pelvis

misrepresentation; false statement

zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)

drawing blood; collecting blood