Vocabulary

prevention (of plant disease and insect damage); (pest) control; extermination (of harmful insects)

Arctic Ocean

subtropics

heavy smoker; habitual smoker; person who loves smoking; tobacco lover

(one's) beloved car (or motorcycle, bicycle, etc.); (one's) wheels

Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa)

rest; quiet; repose

safety zone

dependence

power; authority; influence

hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

to form; to make; to constitute

offensive smell; bad smell; foul smell; stench

stomach

breeding (of plants or animals)

evacuation; purgation

leaving school (at the end of the day); getting out of school; coming home from school

costume; fancy dress; masquerade; disguise

household violence (esp. adolescent children towards parents); domestic violence

flesh (of a fruit); pulp

trade; business; occupation; profession; job

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

to bud; to sprout

ocean current

foreign telegram

generally; as a rule

your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency

to slide into; to slip into

being covered with water (i.e. in a flood); being submerged; being inundated; flooding

alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism

an art; one talent

one house; household

first anniversary of a person's death

persistence; single-mindedness; sticking to one point; focusing on one thing

veneer; outer layer that conceals something's true nature; one layer of skin

a piece; a scrap; a fragment; a bit

one leaf

(a) row; line

straight; directly

rice reaping; rice harvesting