Vocabulary

made of silver

Buddhist memorial service

farm road

photocopier; photocopying machine

patrol

twisted thread or yarn; twining of thread or yarn

Public Employment Security Office

lounge; common room

rock door (to a cave)

aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary

rice seedling

quick change (of costume)

shortcut

koto music

high dive; high diving

composition of a poem

during a play

origin; main branch of family

sunshine; dry weather; luster; lustre

transferring; transitioning; changing

to amuse oneself; to make merry

extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season; midwinter

polar regions; the pole

taboo

prohibition; interdiction

abstinence; self-denial; celibacy; asceticism; abnegation

proximity; nearness; being nearby; being adjacent

pleasure and pain; joys and sorrows

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

fable; allegory

light industry

hen's egg

defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying

being outstanding; excelling; being foremost

cancellation (of a flight or sea voyage)

to take for granted; to assume; to be convinced (that); to jump to the conclusion (that)

calculus; stone

circulation (of the blood)

outside (a region, area, etc.); out of range (of a mobile network, radar, etc.); outside the sphere (of influence, etc.); out of contention; out of reach

(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning