Vocabulary

last winter

being alive

children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants

company's business

limestone

(Japanese) Postal Savings Bureau

examining room; consultation room

sublimation

steam engine

running style

domestic; internal

convection

distance between two cars

parent bird

civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)

self-criticism

palace sanctuary

primary products

one tree; a tree

a metal reinforcement

prefectural assembly (in Kyoto or Osaka)

westerlies; prevailing westerlies

fair or reasonable price

enemy territory; hostile place

passing along (in order); sending on

translated sentence; translated passage; translation; version; rendering

northern limit (esp. of the distribution of a plant or animal)

burnt field; burnt area; land devastated by fire

kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen

nationalism; statism

manager; caretaker

utility value

tertiary industry

fixed property; real property

Japan Science Council

underground resources

adjoining land

prime of life; era of national prosperity

Joint Staff Council

left-off cargo; passengers left behind