Vocabulary

short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)

red-cheeked myna (Agropsar philippensis); violet-backed starling

recovering slightly; making a small rally

kid; young goat

wrapped package; bale

crisp (like a pickle); crunchy

isolated stronghold

dried persimmon

severe admonition; good talking-to; remonstrance; expostulation

delicate technique (in sumo, judo, etc.); little trick; subtle maneuver

extramarital (e.g. sex)

to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in

premarital; prenuptial

compound-complex sentence

conjunction; joint

spacing between words

rival in (the game of) go

oracle; revelation; divine message

to be confused; to be in disorder; to be chaotic; to be crowded

various foods cooked together; hodgepodge; hotchpotch; mulligan stew

this place; where one comes from; here

ungrammatical sentence

railway station; train station

automatic fare adjustment machine

automatic ticket machine

fortune-telling

electric water heater

water heater; calorifier

hot water tank

hometown

(Buddhist) lecture meeting

hay-meadow commons

weed cutter; grass cutter; brush cutter

string trimmer; line trimmer; weed whacker; strimmer

weeding (prior to tree-planting)

ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment)

the one absolute truth; the one reality

monetary claim

request form

sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface