Vocabulary

Sunday

admission (to a society, club, etc.); joining; entrance; enrollment; enrolment; becoming a member

entrance examination

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion

dislike of very hot food or drink; inability to take hot food; cat tongue

bent back; hunchback; stoop

approximate age; apparent age

willpower; faith

sprain; twist; wrench

group; faction; clique; coterie

waste matter; waste; garbage; trash

ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

exhaust fumes

anti-Japanese

fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha)

scales; weighing machine

sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan

erudition; extensive learning

August

8th day of the month

departure (from a base); takeoff; launch

developing country

(school) recital; school concert; class presentation

punishment; penalty

seal; stamp; monogram signature

seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop

short sleeves

opposite side; opposition

university student; college student

great hurry; great haste; rush

general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)

great success; huge success

loud voice

metropolis; large city

feces; faeces; excrement; stool

large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (e.g. grape, cherry)

second

TA-Q-BIN (express home delivery service provided by Yamato Transport)

express home delivery service; courier delivery

finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince