Vocabulary

reduction and exemption (e.g. taxes); mitigation and remission (e.g. in criminal law)

single (room); room for one; one's own room; private room; private compartment

antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times

ancient city; former capital

hailing each other

posterity; future generations; future life

miscalculation

symphony orchestra

honour; honor; glory; privilege

envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)

company (in China); firm

civil rights; franchise; citizenship

use; utility; effect; benefit

change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement

high efficiency; high performance

visa

setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement

meeting again; reunion

work; workmanship; craftsmanship; handiwork

overseas; abroad

being in office; holding a position; employment; service

book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook

mountain villa; mountain retreat; mountain cottage

sporadic; scattering

round well

(under) metropolitan government management

stone implement (e.g. stone age arrowheads); stone tool

mass; lump; clod; clump

case

pathology

in the middle of a field

resident; inhabitant

new book

intimacy; friendship; friendly relations

person of culture; cultured person

political strife

(Japanese) Fisheries Agency

emergency

involuntary manslaughter; accidental homicide; negligent homicide

increase in interest rates