Vocabulary

extra pay

high praise; great admiration; acclaim

literary

spontaneous recess (in the Diet)

rare; uncommon; unusual; curious

depression; lowlands; low ground; bottom land; plain

Caesarean section; Cesarean section; C-section

looking upon (someone) as an enemy; regarding as an enemy; being hostile toward

role of the villain; the bad guy

switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering

computer

Saturn (planet)

wintry mountain

eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces

plagiarism; plagiarised work

steam; vapour; vapor

division into equal parts; equal parts

drifting ashore

to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine

second (unit of time)

unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear

misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity

sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness

head nurse

to be afraid (of); to fear; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of); to worry (about)

threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

buoyancy; floating power

feudalism

suppression (e.g. of free speech)

noise; sound

big catch (fishing); good haul

archbishop (Catholic)

complete collection; large collection; complete works

big man; large man; tall man; giant

tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog

simple substance (e.g. chemical)

elasticity

blooming late; flowering late; blossoming late

middle fence

otitis media; middle-ear infection