Vocabulary

water-cooled

chickenpox; chicken pox; varicella

pond skater (any insect of family Gerridae); water strider

sleeping tablet

lack of sleep; sleep deprivation

sleeping pill; sleep medication

person of refined tastes; sophisticated person

declining fortunes

emaciated body

becoming emaciated and die; wither away

fading color; fading colour; fading beauty

this decadent world

downward tendency; decay; decline

weakened condition; state of decline

weakening; declining

signs of decline

decline; decay; ebb

decline

decline and fall; ruin; downfall; collapse

weaken and decline

idling one's life away; living to no purpose

drill; gimlet; awl; auger

spindle shaped

attendant

good omen

the Land of Verdant Rice Plants; the Land of Abundant Rice; Japan

reverence

herring roe

mathematical induction

coefficient

several volumes (books)

numeral

several (boats)

numeric operation; numeric calculation

numerical control; NC

target value; target amount

several day period

several days later

several animals

numeral; numeric representation