Vocabulary

public opinion

tear-inducing

highest grade; top class

diplomatic mission; overseas diplomatic establishment

approval; assent

ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; casual wear; mufti

rehabilitation (in society)

local downpour; severe rain fall

crude steel

important point; strategic position; key point

repayment; refund; payback

spread

(good) teamwork; team play

resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.)

funerals and ceremonial occasions

reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace

the 1900s

General Affairs Bureau

great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)

great cause; moral law; justice

special selection; special approval

harmful side effects of a medicine or drug

standing committee

comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier

death anniversary; anniversary of a person's death

corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)

pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure

ghost story; tale of the supernatural

monster

reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle

swimming area (in the ocean); swimming beach; seawater baths

opening; aperture (e.g. camera)

end; verge; extremity; tip; outskirts

foreign car; imported car

harmful insect; noxious insect; pest; vermin

lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating; trellis

nucleic acid

nuclear fusion

to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify

theory