Vocabulary

fishing grounds; permitted fishing zone

coeducation; mixed-sex education

correction (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform; straightening (of teeth)

chest; breast

place of work

short distance; close range

metal fittings; metal fixtures

wire netting; wire mesh; wire gauze; chain-link mesh; chicken wire

ninefold

pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor

man of virtue; wise man; (true) gentleman

hoisting (e.g. a flag); raising; flying; putting up

respect for the aged

genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree

weak earthquake

deficit; shortage; loss

innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity

bloodstain

moon's surface

serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of

(under) prefectural management

original meaning

nuclear submarine

decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss

senior; veteran; old-timer

old haunts; former homes

orphanage

one's native land

putting off; postponing

public announcement; official statement; official claim

official bulletin; communique

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; virtue; benefit

inside the harbour; inside the harbor

Empress Dowager; Queen Mother

airmail; air mail

pilgrimage

high and low; rise and fall

high waves; heavy seas

national policy

Kuroshio Current; Japan Current