Vocabulary

faint; dim; weak; slight; vague; indistinct

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank

kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)

karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta

dead leaf; dry leaves

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

alternately; by turns

dry season

perfect; complete; flawless

to notice; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of); to perceive; to sense

to be effective; to take effect; to be good (for)

to be wounded; to get injured

to notice; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of); to perceive; to sense

prayer; grace (at meals)

cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair

to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

each and every person (saying); one and all; unanimously; in unison; separately; individually

combination; assortment; set

warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

crowd; community; group; herd; gathering; assembly

puppy

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

to have someone send (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (via someone else); to leave (a message) with someone

lamb

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to seclude oneself; to hide away; to stay inside (one's shell)

treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); taking someone to dinner

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round

to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

to sweep away; to wash away; to dredge

to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.)

in three days' time; two days after tomorrow

threshold (amount, dose, etc.)

we; us

we

erection (of the penis); becoming erect; stiffening

almost; nearly; mostly; practically; virtually; basically

book; volume; script

bookcase