Vocabulary

scattering (e.g. dust in the wind, enemies before an assault); dispersal; flying off (in all directions); flying apart

corpuscle; minute particle; particulate

virtue

knee

perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood

inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; troublesome; difficult

default; nonperformance

sheet music; score

samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock

seal

premiere; first showing; release (film)

by-product

reissue; putting back in print

peritonitis

looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)

water fountain

draft (of a document)

great writer; literary master; distinguished author

concurrence; coincidence; complication (in illness)

normal prices; par; parity

commoner; plebeian

arranging in a line; standing in a row

blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion

rice crop

wallpaper

turning point; change; transition; turn (of the tide, century, etc.)

shifting gears; changing gears

constipation

track maintenance

information; news; intelligence

direction; way

legal profession; judicial officer; lawyer; attorney

perfume; fragrance; aroma; balm; sweet scent

good catch; good haul

northern hemisphere

main thread (of a story)

permanent construction

principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple); principal image

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance