Vocabulary

local sake

to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard

bamboo thicket; bamboo grove

to change (one's clothes)

mid-range; mid-scale; mid-size

half-way up a slope or stairway; landing

somersault; looping-the-loop

loyalty; devotion

advice; warning

Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; ivy morning glory

tidal hour

grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive

keen; acute; heartfelt

prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory

mortgage; security; hypothec; pledge

railway bridge; iron bridge

ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law

tengu; red-faced and long-nosed goblin said to reside deep in the mountains

nature; natural constitution; innate disposition

natural enemy

heirloom; trump card; last resort; family tradition

full moon

incomplete; unfinished; imperfect

taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative

duty-free; tax-free

ignorance; innocence; stupidity

wise saying; famous saying; witty remark

morning star; Venus

downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn

remaining silent; keeping secret

field battle; field operations; open battle

agreement; stipulation; contract

(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality

play; playing; game

dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical)

gist; main point

place for dancing; dance floor

adopted daughter; foster daughter

intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into