Vocabulary

transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis

(giving) instruction (esp. in the secrets of an art, discipline, etc.); initiation; teaching; passing on; imparting

electrician

stolen goods; stolen article; loot; spoils

main street (as opposed to a side street); high street

epidermis; cuticle

improper; inappropriate; unjust; unfair; unreasonable

woman; womankind

Bushido; samurai code of chivalry

review (of learned material); revision

formal funeral

long-cherished desire

easy fly; easy grounder

all ages; eternity

great delight; great satisfaction; rapture

payment default; overdue on a payment

exquisiteness; charm; beauty; nice point

without

cordless telephone; wireless telephone

unpaid; without pay; gratuitous; voluntary

honorary position

superstition; superstitious belief

to ring; to sound; to chime; to beat; to snort (nose); to snap (fingers)

fierce animal; beast of prey; big game

wood carving; woodcraft

(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises

stray cat; alley cat

to jump up; to spring up; to leap

to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish

friendly nation

ecstasy

unofficial record; rumour; rumor

noh song

afterlife; the next world; the world beyond

fallopian tube; oviduct

capture; looting; plundering

housemother; dorm mother

analogy

exemplification; illustrating by example

to get (very) cold; to get (much) colder