Vocabulary

scalder

staff cafeteria; staff canteen

social phenomenon

baseball tournament between non-professional teams sponsored by corporations

social life

social order; public order

idea commonly accepted by society; socially accepted idea

voluntary social service

president's office; director's office

conductors' station (office)

conductor's compartment

woman factory worker in weaving industry

droopy-branch cherry tree

textile boom

shimmering of hot air

three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

damselfly (Zygoptera spp.); demoiselle

marionette manipulation

fretsaw; coping saw; jigsaw

cloth woven from twisted silk yarn

reel; spinner

one's whole heart; everything one feels

reminiscent smile; laughing at a memory; smiling to oneself as one recalls something pleasant or amusing

speculative philosophy

thoughts; opinion; (one's) discretion; will (esp. of God)

unexpectedly; surprisingly

ability to think

thought

sweetheart

contemplative; meditative

significant; suggestive; insinuating; meaningful

as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction

it may be my imagination, but ...; I may be imagining things, but ...

one's wishes; one's expectations

speculator

miscalculation; disappointment

world of ideas

thinker

play dealing with ideas

thought police