Vocabulary

guidance; lead; acting as guide; giving assistance

state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements

drinking water; potable water

dental brushing; brushing one's teeth

long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)

rule; regulation

storage room; storeroom; lumber room

fork; junction; parting of the ways

in the sentence; in the text

joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side

average mark; mean point

square kilometer; square kilometre

separate volume; extra issue; supplement; additional volume; supplementary volume

taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon

strong person; person putting on a brave front

retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation

Buddhist priest; bonze

rioters; mob; insurgents

communicable disease control (e.g. by quarantine, disinfection, etc.); prevention of epidemics

breakwater; mole

pasture; grass

one's registered domicile (as recorded in the family register); one's legal domicile (as opposed to where one lives)

this land; our country

last day (of a month)

democratic state

unpaid; nonsalaried

dawn; daybreak

leader (of an alliance); leading power

heavy blow; heavy hit

charcoal

door(s) of a gate

field; plain; prairie; moor

evening sun; setting sun

(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure

Western food; Western dish; Western cooking

dancer (usu. female)

coming to a store (restaurant, bar, shop, etc.)

profit; returns

backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer