Vocabulary

dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; heart; centerpoint

nudity

(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing

pinecone; pine cone

festival; feast; carnival; matsuri

before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally

occasionally; now and then; sometimes

defacement; abrasion; wear and tear; crushing of a nerve

eyebrow pencil

rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)

dugout canoe

(female) masturbation

equally; thoroughly; all over; uniformly; without exception; all around

oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed

Lord; Highness

to pretend; to feign

morally corrupt; slovenly; obscene

without authority

tribute

untrodden; unexplored

striking with the back of the sword

width of a garment

to have an ear for music

headwind; head wind

head sea

long ago; once upon a time

straw hat

steamer; steam cooker

trembling with excitement

woven mat (esp. one made of straw)

gloom; shade

eye doctor; ophthalmologist; oculist

dark; invisible

change of clothes

servant; menial

to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

to catch one's attention

effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy

rolling pin