Vocabulary

seducer; smooth talker; ladies' man; playboy; playgirl

suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down

shipwreck

double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said

two groups; two bands

for a second time

daily account; daily expenses

large branch; bough

choosing one from among several; multiple choice

rubbing; rubbed copy

to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to kick off (shoes)

decolourization; decolorization; decolourisation; decolorisation; bleaching

straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

pink; rose

short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō

chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser

topography; geographical description

taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)

leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)

middle ear; tympanum

morning fog; morning mist

super express

receiving; getting; accepting; being given

texture; "grain" of a fabric or cloth; direction of the loom or weave in a roll of fabric

a self-supporting accounting system

relay station; translator station

seating order

consistently; unchangingly; throughout

the people; the public

business affairs of a company

arrangement of stones in a garden

cutting of hair (to a short length); haircutting

bond; deed; contract

Japanese encephalitis

journal; daily record

pursuer; pursuing party; posse

going to Europe; trip to Europe

superhuman

organic compound

desperation; struggle to the death