Vocabulary

evergreen oak

cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine

active volcano

drying; dryness

adultery

full ripeness; full maturity

full view; plain sight; completely visible

insight; power of observation

treasured; cherished

abuse; misuse; perversion

common reed (Phragmites australis)

sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep

dark; gloomy; murky

self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive

to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge

teachings left by a deceased person; last instructions

leaving behind (after death); bequest

one plot (of land); one (city) block; one area; one lot

one thing

identical twins

photographic paper

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

wide difference; a world of difference

profit

to remake; to rebuild

milking (a cow, goat, etc.)

killing; destruction of life

miscellaneous expenses

visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage

mountain cherry (Cerasus jamasakura)

bandit; brigand

vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse

silk thread; silk yarn

to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off

history book

to be conceited

to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate

row of teeth; set of teeth; dentition

to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

hourly; from one minute to the next; from hour to hour; moment by moment; with each passing moment