Vocabulary

religious mendicancy; asking for alms; monk's begging

to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress

AA battery; AA cell

simplicity and complexity; singular and plural; single and double; singles and doubles (in tennis)

mezzanine floor

innermost feelings

chasing; metal carving; metal engraving

carving; engraving

machiya; traditional wooden townhouse

direct action

right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid; rectangular prism

recollection; reminiscence

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain

passing by

popular; common

formula; prescribed form; established formality

imperial inspection

tempura donburi; tempura served over a bowl of rice

electric potential

being buried

universal gravitation

undeveloped (countries); backward; unentered

noted doctor; excellent physician

narrow escape from death

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

to turn back (e.g. half-way)

to press a question; to cross-examine

New Year's pine decoration

unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō)

materialism

daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless

live decoy fishing (esp. for sweetfish)

very young; little

larva; larvae

solvent

positron

arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

history; career

to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

to pay for someone else (with the expectation of being reimbursed later); to lend someone the money to pay for (e.g. rent); to make a temporary payment on someone's behalf