Vocabulary

nutritional value; food value

ape man

marriage proposal; marriage talks

situation; outlook

leader; boss

record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.

return; arriving home

meteorology

(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)

to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire)

starting a business; promotion of enterprise

to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)

to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend

(plant) bulb

umpire-in-chief; plate umpire

hot-water supply

old work; existing work

Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar

to sit in a row; to be arrayed

to refuse; to reject; to decline

deposit

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)

full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill