Vocabulary

to urge; to encourage; to press; to prompt; to draw (attention to)

preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; inducement to stay

commonly (called, said, etc.); popularly; colloquially; in common parlance

loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage

ancient times; prehistoric times

way to do (something)

capacity; volume

compost; manure

spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed

main ingredient; main component

removal; detachment; demounting; dismantling; disassembly

scramble; struggle

to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed

smallpox vaccination; inoculation against smallpox

tumor; tumour; neoplasm; neoplasia

as is habit; the way life normally is

aggregation

to get used to living (in); to live (somewhere) for a long time

gentle; mild; meek; tender

congratulatory telegram

reduced drawing; miniature copy

branch office

spring breeze

ten-day report

seizure; attachment; foreclosure

coordinate axis

zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular

calamity; misfortune; disaster

ritual; religious service; festival

(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge

treasure

professional killer; hit man

I'm beaten; I give up; touché; you've got me there

hillside; mountainside

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves)

to be scattered; to straggle; to be found here and there

maternity hospital

production; output; turning out; extraction (e.g. of minerals)

stabbing to death

speculation; thinking; meditation