Vocabulary

doctor

congratulation; congratulations; celebration; festival

return

another helping; second helping; seconds; refill

Buddhist priest; monk

clanging

in spite of; despite; although

absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous

to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked

unable to finish (on time, etc.)

pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise

Academy Award

Wall Street

exhibition game; preseason game

Catholic Church

Caribbean Sea

Calgary

Czechoslovakia

demonstrators

drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel

dollar purchase

bantam-weight (boxer)

marble; glass marble

flyweight

Marxism

Judaism

league match; league game; league series; round robin

rocket

medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); middle

long-awaited; long-waited-for

Lake Biwa; Biwako

club activities; extracurricular activities

Devonian period

Eiffel Tower

nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?

to be able to receive; to be able to take; to be able to accept

paid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex); compensated dating

be; is

soft drink