Vocabulary

carrot (Daucus carota)

other people's affairs; someone else's problem

portion of food

people

dust

dustpan

showing by a diagram; illustrating; representing graphically

library (usu. single-room); small library

guess; conjecture; supposition; inference

polishing (a piece of writing); improvement; revision; refinement

Wednesday

several times; a few times

several people; a few people

several years; a few years

Hinamatsuri (March 3); Hina Matsuri; Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival

earthenware; porcelain; china; pottery; crockery

assembling (in full force); muster; lining up; gathering; getting together

nature (of a person)

integer

orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly

fair copy; clean copy

reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai

living expenses

producer; grower; maker; manufacturer

raw food; perishables

ginger (Zingiber officinale)

the best one can do; one's best effort

make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...

drafting; drawing

watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

bill; account; invoice

stone; rock; pebble

obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness

saving; savings; accumulation; putting aside; reserving

blushing; getting red in the face

piece; slice; strip; scrap

Celsius; centigrade

joint; knuckle

theory; doctrine

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency