Vocabulary

• as well as: Also; in addition to
• check into: To register at a hotel or similar establishment.
• jump on: To criticize someone suddenly and strongly.
• best known: Most widely or popularly recognized, famous, or familiar.
• symbol of: Something that represents or stands for something else, especially an object representing an abstract idea.
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• ritual: Performed as part of a ceremony
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• sheer: To suddenly turn or change direction
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
• stroll: To walk slowly and in a relaxed manner
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• comprehensive: Including most or all things
• click: To work well with someone or something
• silence: State of being quiet and not talking for a time
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• resemble: To be similar to in looks or manner
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• cliff: High, vertical or steep surface of rock or ice
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• garlic: Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
• accommodation: Adapting to become better at handling situations
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• notification: Act of giving formal or official information
• part: Division of a book
• deity: A god or goddess
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• burn: To destroy with fire
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• bustle: To move energetically or busily
• paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
• buddhist: Someone who follows the teachings of Buddha
• main: Most important; most often used
• prefecture: An administrative state or region in a country
• visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
• pierce: Person's name
• foot: Base of something such as a mountain or vase
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• buddha: Someone achieving a state of perfect enlightenment
• warlord: Military leader having civil power, as during war
• tofu: Compressed bean curd used in cooking