Vocabulary

all the houses (in an area); all the apartments (in a building)

the whole island

bare skin; naked skin

birdhouse; nest box; bird box

solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive

to run around

concubine (of a noble)

compliance; conformance; adaptation

restraint; restriction; fetters; yoke; shackles

fecundity; having many children

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

childbirth; delivery

balance; equilibrium

to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be nonplussed

rice shop; rice dealer

secondary residence; vacation home; villa

unnatural death; accidental death; violent death

denaturation; degeneration

lost article; thing left behind

plot; conspiracy; conference

protection against the cold

bright person; talented student; prodigy

instrumental ensemble

guns; firearms

lady

womanly virtues

celebration

to come out completely; to be fully expressed (of views, ideas, etc.); to be aired fully; to be exhausted; to run out