Vocabulary

knot; nodule; tubercule; node

every month

moonlit night

silk goods

to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on

to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see through

elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; authority

strict guard

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to reminisce about

the whole body

mixture of ingredients (originally five)

coarse; rough

monastery; temple

magnificent; grand; splendid; imposing

operation (of trains)

simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.)

sumo wrestler; rikishi

growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up

geodetic survey

another shop; another store; another restaurant

saliva; spit; spittle

to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet

dispersal; breaking up

to pass (e.g. car); to overtake

to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse

to be shut; to close; to be closed

to fight (with); to cross swords; to compete (with)

sugariness; saccharinity; carbohydrate

sowing beans (or pulses, etc.)

cave; cavern; den; grotto

to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to rush; to race

butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop

entering a faith; joining a religion

uric acid

fireplace; hearth; stove

successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one

overhang

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

tuning (an instrument); temperament