Vocabulary

drunken face; drunken expression

dredging operations

dredger (boat); dredging vessel

dredging machine; dredge; dredger

ceremony to mark completion

carbon oxide

iron oxide

oxidation-reduction reaction; redox reaction

acid soil

acid reaction

(Japanese) acid clay

acidic rock

acid fertilizer; acid fertiliser

acid(ic) foods

acidic paper

acidic oxide

acidification

ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant

acids

an inch of land

tiny bit

pithy or short and witty remark; wisecrack

moment

small loan

petty swindling; petty swindler

spare time; spare moment

rural scholar

play put on in a village; play put on by villagers

village community

village child

village road

village expenses; at village expense

parricide

revere the Emperor, expel the (Western) barbarians

persimmons mellowed in a sake cask

(eating or drinking) party

crouching; formal crouch performed at the beginning of a sumo or kendo match

being alive

reason for being; raison d'être

opinion; idea