Vocabulary

joint technical committee

combined armies

joint review; joint criticism

neighbour with just a wall between

armful

legalization; legalisation

lawfulness; legality; validity; legitimacy

collection in one volume

unlimited company; unlimited partnership

rationalism

rationalist

rationality; reasonableness

sleeping together

torture device; instrument of torture

heavy drinking; carousing

flood devastation

wealthy and powerful family

Australia

wealthy merchant class

wealthy farmer

extravagant spree; wild merrymaking; living it up

koji mold (Aspergillus oryzae)

koji mold (Aspergillus oryzae)

self-control; self-mastery; self-restraint; self-denial

spirit of self-denial

restoration

scratch

notch; nick; marks on a ruler

the present

hard work

being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships

time; appointed time

carving characters; carved characters

wood-block book

telling (on someone); tattling; snitching

farewell address

notification

funeral mass

funeral service; memorial service

state-run business; state enterprise; national enterprise