Vocabulary

boating; sailing; navigation

transportation by water (e.g. by ship)

many priests

emerald

recovering from intoxication; sobering up

drunkard; drunken fellow

drunkenness; intoxication

steep peak; steep ridge; high rugged mountain

thumbnail sketch; brief sketch

short blade; small weapon

chainlike

chain stitch

sins (which prevent entry into bliss)

city; town; village

town and country

foreword; preface

string-fastener; drawstring on pouch or purse (handbag)

gentlemen; you; (all of) you or them

dear friends; (all of) you or those men

all worldly phenomena; meritorious acts leading to enlightenment

you (feminine plural); you ladies

various parties or factions; minor parties

various aspects; various phases

(all of) you or them; various wise individuals; gentlemen

note (letter) left behind; will

undefeated record; clean record; no losses

summer airing (of clothes)

earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale

earthenware teapot

free-standing exercises; calisthenics (performed without using any apparatus)

penal servitude

idle life; idleness

ephemeral cherry blossom; easily scattered cherry blossom; ephemeral thing

set; company; companions; fellows

stone pillar

(crop) yield

graphite; black lead

rubbing from stone (image, inscription, etc.); stone rubbing; rubbed copy

bull's-eye; the mark

(political) party convention