Vocabulary

official proclamation; announcement; promulgation (e.g. of regulations)

public ownership

vocal message; speech; statement

mediation; good offices; intervention; mediator; middleman

detention; custody; confinement; internment

correction; revision; rectification

thyroid (gland)

hard (esp. of hardball, tennis, etc.)

sailing; navigation

journey; course; distance; march; flight; drive

order (esp. to a number of people); command

ensemble (e.g. orchestra, chamber group, etc.); concert

collecting; gathering

bundle of banknotes; stack of bills

living together; mixed residence; sharing living quarters

place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains

lineage; pedigree; family line; birth

moonlight; moonbeam

time; years; days; (one's) life

military police

reduction in a dividend; smaller ration

individualism

veteran; old-timer; experienced person

call; hail; yell

groin; thigh; crotch; crutch

encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)

aftertaste

going backward; turning back; backtracking; doubling back

political party

merits and demerits; good points and bad points; strengths and weaknesses

bad breath; halitosis

likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness; fussiness

Confucius

descent; fall; drop; (atmospheric) depression

technical college

union; combination; coalescence; amalgamation; merger; incorporation

boasting; big talk; bombast

minister of state; cabinet minister (in Japan)

skeletal frame; skeleton; build; physique

poverty; need; destitution