Vocabulary

to cause repercussions

to cleave; to saw through; to hack apart

citizen of the world; world citizen

layer of clay; clay stratum

provincial governorate (beginning in the late Heian period)

type of land rent paid by farmers

party clothes; evening clothes

social meeting place; watering hole

Indo-Pacific sergeant-major fish (Abudefduf vaigiensis)

to cause a stir; to create a stir; to make a stir; to cause repercussions

romantic thought; philosophy of romance

river valley

oldest mankind (e.g. evidence of)

mixing board (console, desk); (audio) mixer

mixing board (console, desk); (audio) mixer

audio equalizer circuit; sound equalizer circuit

audio equalizer; sound equalizer

phase equalization

electro-acoustic

audio equipment

upper house; senate

to be lacking in options; to be too few

power electrics

telecommunications engineering

electric machine

electric power producer and supplier (PPS); electric power production and supply

separation of electrical power production from power distribution and transmission

loan repayment

to bring to same level; to harmonize

central corridor; middle corridor

to find oneself fearful; to have an awful time

chord progression

contemporary writing; modern text; modern Japanese writing

right to live in peace

signet ring; seal ring

giant tree

until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

to chip off; to scrape off; to prune

first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines

lunula (white crescent-shaped area at the base of a nail); nail moon