Vocabulary

scissors kick (swimming)

observation car

interior elevation; expansion plan (of a ship)

level; even; flat; smooth

level emotion; frankness

mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager

a tip

loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness

depilatory

alopecia; baldness

missing passage; lacuna

dehydration

dryer; dehydrator

escape velocity

decolorant; decolourant

deserter

(metaphor for) something unusually fast; fleeing hare

evasion of the law; circumvention of the law

deodorant

desertion

wheel coming off

defecation; excretion; bowel movement

becoming a lordless samurai

tax collector; tax official

tax system research commission; tax system research council; select committee on the taxation system; tax commission

tax haven

a tax official; a revenue officer

customs officer

chief customs inspector

persuasion

preacher

sutra-based ballads accompanied by the samisen

excess flesh; surplus fat; flab

indulging in every possible luxury

verbosity; redundancy

(way of) literary composition

bound book

seam

file (for holding papers)

spelling