Vocabulary

aileron

gunnery; artillery

method; means; technique

sight of a sail (in the distance)

nothing but; none other than

expulsion from school

triumphant look

satiety; surfeit

(meshes of) the law; net of the law; justice

waving heads (of grain)

to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)

bony; tough; plucky; spirited; hard to deal with

one's long-cherished desire

reprinting (of a book)

essence and fringe; beginning and ending; root and branch; means and end

soar (e.g. in price); jump; boom; sudden ride

repaying a kindness; gratitude

incubation

Holstein (cattle type); Holstein-Friesian

delicate health; fragile health

bonus; bounty; reward; compensation

high water; abundance of water

firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans); sparkling enope squid

precious book; handbook; manual; thesaurus; treasury of words

treasure house; treasury

king of beasts (i.e. lion)

commentary; notes and comments

ice wall; ice ridge

commentary; annotation

from A to Z; in every particular; all without exception; in everything; through and through; from one to ten

to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority

sweetheart; person in one's thoughts (heart)

dress; outfit

Society of Jesus; Jesuits

to break off (mid-sentence); to stop (saying)

vascular bundle; fibrovascular bundle

living corpse

to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool

one koku (measure)

law of cause and effect; principle of causality