Vocabulary

accomplishment; realization; attainment; fulfillment; achievement

discrimination; judgement; judgment; separation; sorting

to concern; to be related

strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious

patient; unhurried; leisurely

ant

whereabouts; address

anorexia

community chest

severe earthquake

to teach; to instruct

parish

rushing around; running wild

mania; wild excitement

curved surface

capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment

nishiki-e; multi-colour woodblock print

momentous; exigent; urgent; important; vital

to approach; to draw near

neighboring prefectures; nearby prefectures

myopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness

local prosecutor

to reel; to wind; to spin (thread)

growing en masse in one location (of plants)

ridge of earth between rice fields

systematic

drama criticism

fierce fighting

subspecies

pathos; melancholy; sorrow

pretty; charming; lovely; adorable

bad habit; bad custom; evil practice; vice

corrupt practice; evil practice; bad custom; abuse; evil ways

rolling; extending by applying pressure

to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to be transferred

gastritis; gastric catarrh

a mere ...; only a ...; insignificant

idea; plan

biography

perusal; one reading; reading through (once)