Vocabulary

resistance against Japanese aggression; anti-Japanese (campaign, movement, etc.)

manuscript; version; draft

shibori; tie-dye; tie-dyeing

referee

mineral

surrender; capitulation; submission

high quality

confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission

graphite

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

mixed race; mixed parentage

trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence

gravel; ballast; pebbles

reconsideration

prime minister; premier; chancellor

mining; digging; working (a mine)

established fact; fait accompli

established; fixed; prearranged; predetermined

steam locomotive; steam train

seasonal word (in haiku)

pre-era; BC; BCE

tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)

pause; suspension; rest; stoppage

imperial court; royal court

whole party; party as a whole

contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel

joint authorship; co-authorship; collaboration; joint work

message (delivered by the US president or a state governor); address

(teacher's) platform; podium; dais

condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); concentration

locality; local area; limited area

curve

iridescent colour

uniformity; equality

near relative

gold coin

goldfish (Carassius auratus)

bitterness; distress; pain; anguish; affliction

last resort; desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity

racing (of an engine); idling