Vocabulary

ending the climbing season; closure of a mountain to climbers

personnel cut; labor cut; labour cut

estimation of votes (in an election)

red; crimson; vermilion

kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae

dyer

favourable wind; favorable wind

poll tax

to be buried; to be covered; to be surrounded

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from

blindness; blind person

attendance

cool breeze; refreshing breeze

pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)

to crowd out; to push out; to squeeze out

yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing

sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain

in very small pieces

triple jump; hop, step and jump

accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement

expansion; extension; elongation; stretching

example

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

to be ready; to be prepared; to be arranged

to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off

one's feeling while riding; comfort (of a vehicle); ride quality

deep blue; bright blue

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light)

summary; digest

to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to

scene; view; prospect; outlook

day by day; by the day

foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base

real intention; true motive; true will

true character; real nature

unfinished; unfilled (order); unexecuted

losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself

formless; immaterial; intangible; incorporeal; abstract; moral

plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)

unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avarice