Vocabulary

running water

muscleman; strong man

hard fighting

cold storage; refrigeration

acknowledgment; acknowledgement; letter of thanks

low price; moderate price

hexagon

point of an argument; drift of an argument

vacant room; vacancy; unoccupied room; empty room

change; transformation; inversion

trifling matter; trifle

large container

gold mine

holding a job; being employed; gainful employment

wealthy family; important person; bigwig

temple elementary school (Edo period)

to get used to hearing

thrombus; blood clot

semipermanence

running alongside; pacesetting; accompanying

reduction of salt; sodium restriction

objectivity

common quality; common property

guardian deity

owner of a company; head of a company

actual work

gambler

to demolish; to tear down; to pull down

(multi-faculty) university

spring sunshine; springtime

rank (of troops); file; column; formation

lakeshore; lakeside

home economics; domestic science

construction; building

cut; notch

sightseeing

(the products of) culture or civilization (civilisation)

rice-based or centered diet (centred)

beautiful voice

one's own literary work