Vocabulary

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

to grow old; to age

years later

approximate age; apparent age

just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation

willpower; faith

to twist; to wrench; to turn (a tap, switch, etc.)

sprain; twist; wrench

from ... to; between ... and

active

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.)

stormy and full of drama; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes

group; faction; clique; coterie

to get torn; to tear; to rip; to break; to wear out

to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of

waste matter; waste; garbage; trash

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

exhaust fumes

anti-Japanese

to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

tall (of a person)

to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe

to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit

sold-out

to be sold out

to sell (well)

to crawl; to creep; to go on all fours

fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha)

scales; weighing machine

to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to strip

to peel off; to come off; to be taken off

to peel off; to come off; to flake off; to be worn off

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

erudition; extensive learning

vast; huge; immense; enormous; colossal

August

8th day of the month