Vocabulary

monarch; sovereign; ruler; liege (lord)

condition; situation; prospects

(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse

first departure (of the day); first train; first bus

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai

first edition

textile; fabric

reasoning; inference; deduction

livelihood; living

previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; one's (late) father

majority decision; majority vote; majority rule

falling behind (with a payment); being in arrears; non-payment; default; delinquency

section; cross section; profile

intelligence

suffocation; choking; asphyxia

(Japanese-style) living room

starting work (on); setting to work (on); setting about (doing); beginning; commencing; embarking on

butterfly

pipe; tube; cylinder

bursting; rupture; explosion

boiling; seething

division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production

fine powder

exemplar; model; example; pattern

duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

lending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan

gap; break; rift

look; glimpse; glance

liquid; fluid

money; currency; coin

monster

university graduate; bachelor

chill; the shivers; shivering fit

(written) application; written request; petition

warship; battleship

blessing; grace

original form; base form

brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish

confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission