Vocabulary

divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment

taste; liking; preference

rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement

salt damage (from seawater, sea air, etc.)

personal affairs; private matter

seven colours (of the rainbow); prismatic colors

convenient; useful; handy; helpful

to become blunt; to grow dull

wet nurse; nursing mother

kaleidoscope

spiral; helix

aikido

to fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolate; to be badly neglected

to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone

for dear life; barely escaping alive

to plant; to transplant

sometimes; often

dead tree; withered tree

assassin's bullet

to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew

condolence; condolences

carry-over (of a balance, annual leave, etc.); carrying over; bringing forward; carrying forward; transfer

to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich

training; drill; practice; practising; discipline

cheering in chorus; saying in unison

noisy; loud; boisterous; clamorous; raucous

tobacco; cigarette; cigar

gradually; by degrees; little by little; more and more; increasingly

all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of the land; far and wide; (in) every port and harbor

to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)

to repair; to mend; to fix; to correct (a mistake, bad habit, etc.); to put right; to restore

to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate

onigiri; rice ball

seam; stitch; suture

glory; splendour; honour

feel; touch; texture

to take on; to undertake; to accept; to take charge of; to assume responsibility for

gift; souvenir

skin disease