Vocabulary

decision; vote

to be enthusiastic (about); to be eager (to do); to be keen; to be intent (on); to be determined

inspection; reading; perusal

groundwork; foundation

spark

petal

kanreki; one's 60th birthday (or 61st in the traditional age reckoning system) when one has lived through a full sexagenary cycle

shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream

light (of movements); nimble; sprightly; springy

combination; union; joining; linking; coupling

in good health; alive and well; going strong

open; public; official; overt

buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)

procurement; purchase; buying

to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.)

mountain range; mountain belt

disqualification; elimination; incapacity

losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown

arrangement; preparations

to recite; to chant

to invade; to raid; to violate (airspace, etc.); to intrude; to trespass

birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding

life and death; life or death

to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close

(sense of) hearing; auditory perception

migratory bird; bird of passage

to drag; to trail; to pull along the ground; to lug

revision (of text); alteration; change

corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

to forbid; to ban; to prohibit

monarch; sovereign; ruler; liege (lord)

condition; situation; prospects

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

originally; essentially; naturally; by nature; really; actually

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