Vocabulary

staple food

in hand; on hand; on one; in stock; in store

sign language

plan; idea; design; plot

receiving; receipt

reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with

dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

dynasty

cart (esp. a food cart); stall; stand

descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence

downstream; lower reaches of a river

who; what kind of person

fine (piece of) work; excellent work

perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor; assailant; offender; at-fault party (e.g. in an accident)

Summer Tournament (held in Tokyo in May)

volcanic ash

pollen

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

charges (i.e. fees)

fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

I; me

endurance; patience; perseverance; bearing (with something)

dissection; autopsy; postmortem examination

return (to); revolution; recurrence

maritime transport; shipping

opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services

to remove; to take off; to detach; to unfasten; to undo

external pressure; outside pressure; foreign pressure

outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks

street corner

hedge; fence

(very) cheap; (very) inexpensive; cut-price; bargain (price)

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; noticeable

descent (esp. in skiing); sliding down; skiing down

canned food; tinned food

buzz cut; close crop

dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger

barely; narrowly

censorship

arrest; roundup