Vocabulary

hero; bold person; daring person; great person; extraordinary person

black spot; dark spot

sandpit; sandbox

reprinting

vegetable diet

cherry (fruit; esp. of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium)

consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement

various kinds of small trees; assorted trees

triple time; triple meter; triple metre; three-four time

looking after a baby; taking care of a baby; babysitting; babysitter

(conductor's) baton; stick

itself

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

hindsight-based opinion

wise mother

locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors

as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie

second wife

back row; rear rank

wrong diagnosis; misdiagnosis

operator (e.g. telephone)

marquis; marquess

one letter; one book

secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang

eboshi; black-lacquered headgear made of silk, cloth or paper, originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan

emergence (of insects); eclosion; growing wings

fortune; luck

projector (film, slide, etc.)

fame; glory; reputation

smokescreen

marriage; marriage tie; love knot

talk about divorce or separation

all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives

outside a window

first tea of the season

drinking bout; merrymaking

austerity; voluntary privation

enlightenment; great wisdom

virtuous act or deeds; goodness

legislative decision