Vocabulary

local tax; council tax

adding (an extra amount); increasing; tacking on (a charge)

ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius

generation; lifetime

old man; venerable gentleman

leaves turning red (in autumn); red leaves; autumn colours; fall colors

deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end

rented house; house for rent

palm (of the hand)

white hair; grey hair; gray hair

half-moon

password; watchword

variant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions

(preliminary) meeting; face-to-face introduction

person in charge; official; attendant

uniformity; standardization; standardisation

exposure to wind

appointment; assignment; promotion

carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in

delinquency; misconduct

inequality; unfairness

grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment

prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)

support (e.g. of one's dependents); maintenance

ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print

dance (esp. Western style); dancing

hamlet; subunit of village

satire; irony; sarcasm

recovery; return to form; regaining one's (usual) form

deep pool; deep water; abyss

French (language)

product

goods; articles

conservatism and progressivism; conservatives and reformists

competition

Imperial Guards

art festival

oral proceedings; oral pleadings

lock; padlock

New Year