Vocabulary

irregularity; abnormality; anomaly

arrangement

return of something; repayment

toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom

home port

unaccounted; off the books

bearing; heading; point of the compass

equation; formula

homesickness; nostalgia

main school; principal school

out in 1-2-3 order

sea bird

pursuing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously

antique; old article; secondhand goods

number of persons; numerical strength; head count

Japan

windmill; wind turbine

north wind; northerly wind

youngest child

abusive language; violent language; wild words

wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds

ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement

shadow; shade; shading; gloom

megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer

fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light

exhausting work; hard work; severe duty

element; chemical element

putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

revival; resuscitation

byway; bypath; byroad; secret path; shortcut; way of escape

exposure to the sun; sunny place; sunlight

appendix; supplement; annex; extra (of a newspaper or magazine)

outward appearance

pottery; earthenware; ceramics; porcelain; china

fall; decline; lowering; hanging down; drooping; slanting (downward)

piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles

succession; continuation; series; sequence

doing as one is told; yes-man

getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow

parliamentarism; parliamentary government