Vocabulary

pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash

difficult; hard

for two people; (work) of two; (meals) for two

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

eight

to avoid (physical contact with)

tissue paper; facial tissue; paper handkerchief

to draw; to paint; to sketch

article; item; thing; goods; stock

rich person; millionaire; the wealthy

to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

recreation facility (usu. corporate-owned and for the exclusive use of the corporation's employees); rest home; retreat center

visit to a grave

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug

here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over

10,000; ten thousand

all people; everybody

day after tomorrow

face

face

going out

cloakroom; parcel room

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

sanatorium

six

to warp; to bend; to contort

to close (one's eyes); to shut

dragonfly

to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty

to open (e.g. doors)

after (a long process); at the end of

breakfast

birthmark; nevus

horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad

warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot

nickname

piping hot; scalding

address; destination; destination address

name and address (on an envelope, etc.); (addressee's) name; addressee

to apply; to adapt