Vocabulary

frequently; very often

tail light; tail lamp; rear light

needy circumstances; living in poverty

dull; slow; sluggish; inactive; inanimate; quiet

very deeply

freedom; liberty; independence

returning no more (usu. of a person who has died); dying

to blow out; to spout out

lottery; tombola; drawing

dandruff

to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues

joints

police questioning (of a suspicious person); police checkup

to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to fall prostrate

symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk)

covered drain

hemming

humble cottage; hut

hermaphrodite; androgyny; hermaphroditism

to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge

to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)

poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable

treadwheel (e.g. for pumping water into fields); treadmill

to trample down; to tread on

to stamp one's feet

disused; unused

consideration; comparison; balancing

to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down

to rain (or snow), keeping people indoors

long-sleeved kimono

to muster (e.g. courage); to gather; to collect; to pluck up

old river

feudal warrior; samurai

to behave; to conduct oneself; to act

(pent-up) anger; indignation; resentment; irritation

unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely

impoliteness; carelessness; misconduct; clumsiness

to kill; to beat to death

placing side by side; running simultaneously (e.g. classes); juxtaposition

annexation; absorption; merger; swallowing up