Vocabulary

airmail; air mail

to lay waste; to devastate; to damage

pilgrimage

elevated (structure); overhead

high and low; rise and fall

high waves; heavy seas

national policy

Kuroshio Current; Japan Current

before long; even now

mixing; blending; adding; adulteration

undermentioned (statement); the following; at left

second marriage; remarriage

poor (living)

to take (a photograph)

secretary; councillor; councilor

forest fire; wildfire; bushfire

wharf; bridge; jetty; pier

calculation; computation

training; education; upbringing

historical fact

market research

instructor (esp. of martial or traditional arts); teacher; master; coach

to give (time, money, goods); to donate

administrative official; secretary; commissioner

autism

stall

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

utility; (actual) profit; actual benefit; material gain

to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal)

gratitude; thanks

paymaster; accountant

chief umpire; referee (soccer, boxing, etc.)

editor-in-chief

handcuffs; manacles

handbag; purse

liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop

Confucianism

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to fall within (e.g. a budget)

yield; size of harvest

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