Vocabulary

rotation (e.g. of a duty); taking turns

(your) daughter; young woman

to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to

study (of); discussion; discourse; inquiry; research article; academic paper

Japan and the West; Japanese style and Western style

cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty

(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines

painter; artist

old model; old type; old style

existing; living; extant

salmon (Salmonidae spp.)

to point upward; to look upward

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

cheek (of the face)

vividly green; lush green; fresh and green; verdant; deep blue

memorization; memorisation; learning by heart

row of houses

mild (climate); temperate; clement; pleasant; agreeable

flower arrangement; floral art; ikebana

cut; gash; incision

cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet

grinding; polishing

intense; violent; severe; vehement

to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over

number of articles; number of items; quantity

reluctantly; unwillingly

erosion; corrosion

weak and small; inferior in strength and size; minor

obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant

peace; tranquility; tranquillity

here and there; in places

secret passage; underground passage

language of flowers (e.g. the use of red roses to signify love); floriography

(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags

extract; excerpt; selection

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

dubbing (of a film, etc. into a different language)

fallen tree

to freeze; to refrigerate

to throw away