Vocabulary

salute of guns

to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch

to curl; to crimp

reduced-size printing; printing in a compact format

(silk) crepe; crape

crepe paper

fine wrinkles

abridgment; abridgement; condensation

solemnly; respectfully; reverently

school purge

withering; blight

cleaning up (political party)

humble greeting at the beginning of a letter

to ripen; to mature

to ripen; to mature

to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe

careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully

reading assigned to a kanji compound whose constituent characters are related to the word's meaning but not its pronunciation; kanji compound reading that has no correspondence to the readings of the constituent characters

mastery

being deliberate in council, and decisive in action

periodical relief or replacement of workers

to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse for doing something

to miss sending; to miss delivering

grounds (of tea and coffee)

one who furnishes the money

broth; stock; sauce

to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay

being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly

to grudge; to begrudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay

one's share (in the expenses)

belated

to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden

one's share (in the expenses)

free flow of water

leaving a matter to chance

protruding tooth; overbite; bucktooth

projection; protrusion; lump; bulge

to project; to stand out; to jut out; to protrude