Vocabulary

pet dog

to run out; to rush out

something out of the ordinary; variant; variety; exception; novelty

famine; crop failure

whim; caprice; fancy

calculator

soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu

ramming attack; hurling oneself (at)

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up (with chopsticks, tweezers, etc.)

change (for a purchase)

footwear; footgear; shoes

left-handedness; left-handed person; left-hander

subcutaneous; hypodermic

eligibility for election

to jump on (a horse); to jump onto (a bus, train, etc.); to jump into (a taxi)

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

inaccurate; incorrect; inexact; imprecise

inadequacy; inappropriateness; unfitness; impropriety

difference; diversity; irregularity; disorder

indifference; lack of enthusiasm; inattentiveness

committal; reference; submission (e.g. to committee); commitment

floating

competitive spirit; spirit of rivalry; aversion to losing

winds and clouds; nature; the elements

leeward; lee; downwind

reinstatement; reappointment

obedience; submission; resignation

branch; chapter

distributary; tributary; branched flow (river, current, etc.)

level

change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration

betrayal; defection; treachery; apostasy

transformer substation

compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing

shop; store

footbridge; pedestrian bridge; pedestrian overpass

inclusion; comprehension; implication; containing; covering

to reward; to recompense; to repay

to destroy; to demolish; to pull down; to tear down; to level