Vocabulary

adoption or rejection

confusion; distraction; derangement

counter for books

clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships

miscellaneous matters

tripod; three legs

3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle

samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)

pilgrimage (esp. to the Ise Grand Shrine)

wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.)

equal division (of profits, prize money, etc.); equal split

to be in disorder; to lie scattered around

sour; acid

to train; to teach; to educate

to be finished; to be completed; to be done

to tailor; to make (clothing)

to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)

to get used to using; to get accustomed to using

user; consumer; employer

useful thing; usable article

apostle; disciple

to moisten; to wet

first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck)

bookshelf; bookcase

description; account; delineation; narration

wounded soldier

to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char

raising and lowering

upper end; top; tip; top edge

raising the ridgepole

elegant; refined; polished; stylish; sophisticated

to change (buses, boats, etc.); to transfer (to)

evergreen tree; (an) evergreen

to divide in two; to divide in half

vacuum tube

war of nerves

cannibalism; biting (someone)

edge of blade

to blow in the opposite direction; to revive

volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)