Vocabulary

canal; waterway; ditch

reaching age of 60; dotage; second childhood

premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder

marginal notes; side notes; gloss

blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement

so-and-so

watchtower; observation tower; lookout

matrix (printing)

roundabout road; curving road

rewinding (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)

incense; incense powder

makko-ho (set of four exercises for general health)

dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; heart; centerpoint

nudity

pinecone; pine cone

festival; feast; carnival; matsuri

defacement; abrasion; wear and tear; crushing of a nerve

eyebrow pencil

rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)

dugout canoe

(female) masturbation

oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed

Lord; Highness

tribute

striking with the back of the sword

width of a garment

headwind; head wind

head sea

long ago; once upon a time

straw hat

steamer; steam cooker

trembling with excitement

woven mat (esp. one made of straw)

gloom; shade

eye doctor; ophthalmologist; oculist

change of clothes

servant; menial

rolling pin

lodged-bullet wound

profitable job; way to make a fast buck