Vocabulary

unconsciousness

cruel; merciless; atrocious; ruthless; cold-blooded

forcibly; by force; against one's will

in name and in reality; nominally and virtually; form and contents

proposition; thesis; notion; theory

naming; christening

declaration; statement

face; looks; countenance

catalogue; catalog; inventory

night duty; night shift; night work

night sky

oil painting

preferential

manned; occupied; piloted

(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning

surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance

remaining strength; surplus energy; reserve power

capacity; volume

bathtub

fall; drop; descent; coming down

rakugo story teller; comic story teller

interest payment

science and engineering

reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense

someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter

maid; helper

Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)

within the family; in the home; domestic

sea route

selling out; being sold out

district meteorological observatory

Committee on Rules and Administration (Diet); House Steering Committee; Standing Committee for House Management

taking into consideration; giving consideration (to)

meeting; facing; confronting

depositing (of money, valuables, etc.); deposition

fresh; new

education; culture

taste; flavor; flavour

canal

recent work