Vocabulary

red hair; ginger hair

pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting

car washing

dyeing and weaving

selection (e.g. of poems, texts); anthology; selected extracts

keyhole-shaped ancient Japanese tumulus

right and wrong; good and evil

good person; good guy

young; youthful

protection; safeguard

note; memorandum

feel; touch

trouble; bother

nimble; quick; agile

calculation on an abacus

seeds and seedlings

tumor; tumour

passivity

excellent; superb; first-rate

writing vertically; vertical writing

pile; heap; layers (e.g. of clothing); set (e.g. of boxes); course (e.g. of stones)

celebratory banquet; feast

pelvis

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be in a fix; to be at a loss; to be stumped; to be embarrassed

misrepresentation; false statement

zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)

drawing blood; collecting blood

risky; dangerous; hazardous; perilous; close (e.g. game); narrow (e.g. victory)

to guess; to sense; to presume; to judge

paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness

comedian; actor who plays comic roles

parade float; festival float

mountain's surface; bare surface of a mountain

brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded

for work; in a manner related to work

the street; the town

form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional)

to elevate; to raise; to lift up

timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule