Vocabulary

escort (e.g. under guard); convoy

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

public ownership

vocal message; speech; statement

mediation; good offices; intervention; mediator; middleman

extensive; vast range; wide scope

detention; custody; confinement; internment

correction; revision; rectification

thyroid (gland)

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

sailing; navigation

journey; course; distance; march; flight; drive

suffix for train car numbers

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

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

to send back; to refer back

collecting; gathering

odd; strange; queer; peculiar

(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking

contribution; donation

geometry

quick; prompt; alert; smart; clever; astute

consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude

meteorological observatory

official regulations; inner rules

registry; entry; book-keeping; signature

setting to work

rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry

(medieval) knight

horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider

question mark

haste; hurry; urgency; pressingness

saviour; savior; messiah

old type; old style

lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)

kyōtei; boat race; hydroplane racing event and gambling sport in Japan

resonance

shout; yell; scream; cry

attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment