Vocabulary

southern hemisphere

two flat things

naked eye

entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season

ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan

annual function; annual event

cerebral

horsepower; hp

the world of the haiku

stature; height

combination; arrangement; distribution; harmony; mixture; compounding

to cultivate; to foster

mediation; agency; serving as a medium; acting as an intermediary; acting as a go-between

purchase; buying; buying out

daytime; midday

plain wood; unfinished woodwork

thin film

judge; magistrate

half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous

enmity; antagonism; hostility; feuding (with); being at odds (with)

chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook

prosperity; flourishing; thriving

late autumn (fall)

chief clerk (in a shop, managing affairs on the owner's behalf); head clerk; store manager

humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue

to ask; to enquire; to inquire

common; usual

design; sketch

to blow away; to blow off; to blow up

India-ink painting; ink wash painting

cooking; kitchen work

genitals

orthodox school

kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage

unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer

lifelong education; continuing education; further education

close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny

refining; refinement; smelting

north-west

to become pale; to turn pale