Vocabulary

heirloom; trump card; last resort; family tradition

certified copy; transcript

escape; evasion; flight

same family (race, tribe)

antics; buffoonery; clowning

patent rights

emergency demands; special procurement (particularly in time of war)

outbreak; occurrence

beginning (of writing); opening passage (sentence, paragraph, etc.)

approach run; run-up

female doctor

accident insurance

merchant ship

singing; song

ascent; uphill; upward slope

castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

pill; lozenge; tablet

bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; real intentions

new building; annexe; annex

newcomer; new face

midwinter; dead of winter

occupation; stationing

wire

course; direction

billow; surge; large wave

research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study

carbonic acid

bile; gall

value; worth; merit

knowledge; information; opinion; view

(Earth's) crust

local sake

bamboo thicket; bamboo grove

half-way up a slope or stairway; landing

somersault; looping-the-loop

advice; warning

Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; ivy morning glory

tidal hour

prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory

sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description