Vocabulary

viewing

contribution (e.g. to newspaper)

returning (home) to Tokyo; returning to the capital

account; history; chronicle; annals; record

brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)

brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband)

lucky omen; good omen

dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen)

adverse circumstances; unfortunate situation; adversity

adjournment; recess

fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger

pact; convention; agreement

strength and weakness; (degree of) strength

feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; being thankful

the teaching profession

height; acme; extremity; peak

pole (north, south); climax; extreme (point)

hard fight; difficult struggle

blank column; blank space

older brother; elder brother

carrying (on one's person); taking with one

violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity

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

local edition

blank ballot; white ballot

supplementary lessons

seal engraving

classical Chinese opera

blood sugar level; blood glucose level

(being) worth seeing; impressive

ascertainment

tradition; legend

Public Employment Security Office; PESO

speaking at a public hearing

march

executive power; authority