Vocabulary

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• going on: To continue doing something
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
• japanese style: Having characteristics typical of Japan, especially in design or aesthetics.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• sit under: To study or receive instruction from someone.
• by hand: Done manually; not by machine.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• discipline: Instruction and practice to teach obedience
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• religion: Organized set of beliefs about a god or gods
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• intention: Aim or purpose
• trail: Series of marks or signs left by something moving
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• endurance: Quality of lasting or of being permanent
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• grill: Plate of food that has been grilled
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• appreciation: Rise in value (of property or belongings)
• important: Having power or authority
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• sip: To drink just a little at a time
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• ceremony: Special social or religious event
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• closet: Small room or cupboard used for storing things
• traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
• fleet: Group of ships under one commander
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• person: Man, woman or child
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• valley: Area between mountains with river running through
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• bowl: Part of an object that has a rounded, inward curve
• slurp: To drink noisily
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• glaze: Light coating of liquid that makes surface shiny
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• buddhist: Someone who follows the teachings of Buddha
• upstairs: On a floor above
• bathtub: Thing you take a bath in
• waterfall: Steep descent of the water of a river
• miso: Paste made from fermented soybeans and malt