Vocabulary

every other day; every second day

optimist; easy-going person

discount coupon; discount ticket

omitting (reluctantly); leaving out; dropping

arguing (someone) down; loudly scolding; rebuking

rubble; debris; wreckage; tiles and pebbles

cracker; hard biscuit; hardtack

mid-winter; cold season

full payment; liquidation

successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through

responsiveness; responding; sensitivity; sympathy; sympathizing; sympathising

exposure; sensitization; sensitisation

idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase

acclamation; jubilation

nectar; sweetness

renting a room

washing (a kimono, futon, etc.) without taking it apart; laundering whole

dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip

moment just before something happens; verge (of doing something); brink

fast pace; quick pace

raid; assault; descent

Salvation Army

seeking after truth

old law

horses and cattle

falsehood; lie

fish meat

detective agency; enquiry agency

high-quality green tea

prohibition; ban; embargo

fungus; fungi

silver cup

composing haiku poems

mockery; derision; ridicule

land and air; land and air forces

commendation accompanying the award of a decoration

good place not many people know about; great little-known spot; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret; hidden gem of a place

land near a castle

castle; citadel; fortress

taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration