Vocabulary

the hardest thing of all

completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday

besides; moreover; furthermore; further; in addition (to that)

all the more; still more

average; leveling; levelling

solving a riddle; solving a mystery

sticky

to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous

sleepy eyes; drowsy look

price tag; price label

to be expensive

high-priced stocks; blue-chip shares

peaceful day

to lull (a child) to sleep; to put to sleep

to fall asleep; to sleep deeply

clay rock; slate

beginning of the (fiscal) year

to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind

to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover

heat engine; thermomotor

medicine for reducing fever; antifebrile; antipyretic; febrifuge

to boil up; to be thoroughly cooked

bunk beds; double bunk

boiling water

to be unequal to the burden (job); to be too heavy a load for

bitterness; bitter taste

Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata)

boldface (type)

to gain weight; to put on weight

hateful; detestable; loathsome

hatefulness; hatred

physical beauty

lust; lusts of the flesh; animal passions; carnal desires

kanji "person radical" (radical 9)

cooking

wild grape; wild grapevine; ampelopsis

after ages; posterity; future life; the next world

incompetent; have no merit

remaining; leftover

worry; anguish