Vocabulary

heating a vessel without water in it; heating an empty pan, kettle, boiler, bathtub, etc.

to be bad for health; to affect one's health

barely; narrowly; with difficulty

to be driven by (a feeling, impulse, etc.); to be carried away by; to be seized with; to be stricken with; to be impelled by; to be spurred on by

to dry up; to exhaust (e.g. resources, talent)

graciously

to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly

one-sided trade; one way (unbalanced) trade

to have stiff shoulders

square; trustworthy person

losing shape (of clothing, etc.); losing form

to stereotype; to squeeze into a pattern; to regiment

swindle; fraud

to hand down; to pass on (story or tradition)

adaptable; flexible; versatile; unfixed

superstitious person

adoration; reverence; esteem

leather-bound; leather binding

course of a river; land along a river

lotus leaf

hairy; thickly haired; shaggy

theodolite

diverticulum

both people are superb in skill (and thus it is hard to rank them)

presenting (a gift, etc.); giving; bestowing

animal trail; game trail

dispatching to the United States (e.g. an envoy); sending to the United States

dislike; aversion

microscopic examination; microscopy

galvanometer

discernment

exchange of sake cups

to feel a chill run down one's spine

simmer; bubble out; flow out

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

10^52 (or 10^56)

a number so great it can never be counted to

an extremely great number (often said to be 100 million)

10^68 (or 10^88)

plural form