Vocabulary

grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit

moderate (view, politics, etc.); temperate; sensible; sober; non-radical

sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain

lower region; lower part; region below

what; how

acceleration; speeding up

bride

household economy; family finances

scientist

opera

poet (of tanka poems)

luggage; baggage; package; parcel / luggage

underpopulation; low population density; depopulation

art gallery (esp. artworks for sale); picture gallery

mutual aid

cooperative; association; partnership

boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier

to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

threat; menace; coercion; blackmail

native place; birth-place; one's old home

surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement

bureau; department

far right (in politics); extreme right; ultraright

balance; equilibrium

embargo

safe; strongbox; cashbox; vault; strongroom

rich person; wealthy person

club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse

ward; borough; city (in Tokyo)

to furnish with; to equip with; to provide; to install

corner; nook; recess

to repeat; to do over again

military secret; classified military material

katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree

accounting; administration (of money)

personal history; background; career

inheritance; succession; accession

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

police officer; policeman; constable

belief; conviction; opinion