Vocabulary

song; ballad

Mars (planet)

gunpowder; powder

bride

overseas Chinese

competitive swimming; swimming race

complicity

conspiracy; collusion; complicity

joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint)

probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid

promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise

clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff

utmost limits; extremity

suffering; distress; hardship; trial

air route; air lane

postponement

reigning (over a country)

military administration; military government; military junta

consistency; coherence; integration

one grade; first-class; primary

mouthful; morsel; bite

boy; eldest son

one defeat

one cup (of); one glass (of); one bowl (of); cupful; glassful; bowlful

one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)

complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)

list; table; schedule; catalogue; catalog

(amount of) rainfall

honour; honor

round table

kindergarten pupil; kindergartener; preschooler; child in daycare

entertainment; performance

distant; remote; isolated

salt; salt content; amount of salt; salinity

among rocks

stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

industrialist; entrepreneur

to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about

to be delighted; to be glad; to be pleased; to rejoice

mainstay; nucleus; key