Words August 2026 Week 3

WD-40 is equivalent to Kure 5-56 and is used for loosening stuck screws, stopping squeaks, and preventing rust. (About 80% of American households have at least one can of WD40.)

She carried a pair of field glasses around her neck. (Binoculars are stronger than field glasses.)

I stood in the background of the group. (She doesn’t like being in the forefront of the stage.)

Smores are made with graham crackers, Hershey chocolate bar and roasted marshmallows. (If you eat one, you will want some more.)

The nearest wetlands from Mizuho are in the Saitama Green Forest Museum. (This is a nature museum.)

Her new workplace doesn’t have a cafeteria. (She has to bring her lunch or go out to eat.)

He slept like a log. (He was dead asleep.)

It will be hotter than usual this year. (It seems like each year gets hotter.)

There was lightning and thunder. (Lightning is a giant electrical spark and thunder is the noise it makes. The electricity heats the surrounding to around 30,000 degrees Celsius.)

Glamping comes from the words glamorous camping. (I prefer regular camping in a tent.)

I always remember to never answer phone calls from “unknown callers.” (Most of these calls are scams.)

I’ll never forget Eiji Yoshikawa’s most famous motto, "Ware igai mina waga shi", which means "Everyone other than myself is my teacher". (These are good words to live by.)

Hachioji Jissen lost 2–1 in an extra-inning tiebreaker. (It was a well-fought game.)

Leadoff hitter and shortstop, senior captain Hideto Kondo had a first inning walk. (Kondo-san lives in the same building as one of my students.)

He also made a great defensive play in the sixth inning. (My student remembers him practicing swinging a bat in the early morning when he was very young.)

The scaffolding was made with bamboo. (Bamboo is very strong and flexible.)

The Saitama wetlands are about 20 minutes from my house. (It sounds like a nice place to take a stroll.)

We sat around the campfire eating smores. (We all wanted some more.)

I visited an insane asylum. (This is a hospital for the severely mentally impaired.)

Don’t release beetles into the wild that you bought in a pet shop. (They might be carrying parasites, diseases, etc.)

She was diagnosed with cervical cancer. (She later had a fallopian tube disorder, so she had it and her ovaries removed.)

I feel obligated to visit our ancestors’ tombs. (Visiting and maintaining family tombs is a deep social and familial duty. “Familial” has to do with an entire family in general. “Filial” specifically describes the duties, respect, or relationship of children toward their parents.)

I sent the letter using snail mail. (“Snail mail” means regular mail.)

The temple and gardens are well kept. (They are always in good condition.)

We had no problems while driving during our trip. (We use “while” with verbs and “during” for a period of time.)

Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii is known for his deep stage bows. (He was born blind.)

He has a very sore shoulder. (It was very painful.)

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection. (This might be the cause of his sore shoulder.)