Vocabulary

your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency

multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes

devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice

information; experience; knowledge; observation

capital; funds; seed money

native people; aboriginal; indigenous people

phantom; vision; illusion

subtracting points; deducting points

tsuzumi; hourglass-shaped Japanese hand drum

analects; sayings

false report; incorrect report; misinformation; false alarm

mating; crossbreeding; cross-fertilization; cross-fertilisation

photosynthesis

spoken language; colloquial speech

wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense

shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; plastron

hardening; vulcanization; vulcanisation; sclerosis; curing

monger; peddling

ore; mineral; crystal

high density

newspaper extra

plastics; synthetic resins

history of a nation; Japanese history

chaos; confusion; disorder

sand dune; sand hill

rearrangement; reallocation; realignment; relocation

minimum

clearness; clarity

manufacture; production

the Trinity

first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)

shot; buckshot

dress circle (of a theatre); (first) balcony; box

treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior

historical view; view of history (from a given point of view)

private expense

trial run; test run

male and female (animals); the two sexes

mercy; compassion; clemency; pity; charity; benevolence

timetable; schedule