Vocabulary

to shine; to glitter; to be bright

photosynthesis

spoken language; colloquial speech

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

cleverness; skill; tact

wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense

busy; hectic; hurried; rushed

shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; plastron

hardening; vulcanization; vulcanisation; sclerosis; curing

monger; peddling

ore; mineral; crystal

high density

newspaper extra

plastics; synthetic resins

history of a nation; Japanese history

chaos; confusion; disorder

sand dune; sand hill

rearrangement; reallocation; realignment; relocation

minimum

to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist; to turn

end; close

penmanship; calligraphy

heavy taxation

serious illness

(political) purge

maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting

(on the) point of going out; (at the) moment one is about to leave

publisher

commodore; brigadier general

postponement; moving to a later date

prescription (of medicine); formula

bookshelf

schoolgirl; female student

woman's body

unveiling ceremony

chance (of success); odds

to win; to gain victory

prospects of victory; chances of success

pine forest

firefighter; fireman