Vocabulary

monthly installment (instalment); monthly payment

Monday

admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic

health checkup; (general) medical examination; physical examination

hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary

unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty

to build; to construct

architect

(clenched) fist; knuckles

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves)

to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.)

prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)

stiff neck; stiff shoulders

to find out; to discover; to notice; to detect

seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock

to command a view; to look out over (onto, across, etc.); to overlook

to misjudge; to mistake; to misread

modesty; humility; being humble

from the beginning; from the first; all along; originally

New Year's Day; first day of the year

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize

realistic; pragmatic

to express (in words)

to tell (to do); to order; to direct; to instruct

proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim

counter for (small) things or pieces

individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic

secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller

to call out to; to hail; to address

sitting cross-legged

walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)

sesame seeds

pepper

to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stride across; to cross

May

5th day of the month

alternate; alternation

in the morning; during the morning

later; afterwards