Vocabulary

a buyer's market

selling price

cuckoo

millions and millions

richly colored; richly coloured

school affairs

young tree; sapling

(style of) folk song

Dead Sea

self-interest; personal profit

self-interest; selfish desire

personal feelings

to keep away; to keep at a distance

dirty; filthy; foul; unclean

sludge; slime; dregs; mire

doctor's visit; house call

to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

favour; favor; act of grace; special privilege

down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route

putting beneath other goods; being at the bottom of the pile

family crest

chief retainer; daimyo's minister

overeating

style of painting

discharge; dismissal

thawing; defrosting

detour; circuitous route; diversion

traditional Japanese meal brought in courses

oceanic trench; deep-sea trench; deep

pioneer; settler; colonist

working away from the office; working outside the office; outside duty

to be distant

musical play; opera

starting (e.g. of an engine); engaging (e.g. of a lock)

funny; comical; humorous; laughable

poor village; desolate village; lonely village; remote village

to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear)

to become slightly sweaty; to sweat a little; to become moist with sweat

atoll; circular coral reef

(fully) exposed; bare; uncovered; in full view; undisguised; broad (accent)