Vocabulary

closure of a mine; abandoned mine; disused mine

underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet

issuing (a banknote, ticket, etc.)

issuer; publisher

reactionary price rise

distribution; circulation

drifting ashore

second (unit of time)

misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity

sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness

head nurse

threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

buoyancy; floating power

feudalism

suppression (e.g. of free speech)

same amount

divine tree or island east of China; Fusang

trace; vestige; evidence

patent

sand; fine sand

appearance; emergence

extra pay

high praise; great admiration; acclaim

spontaneous recess (in the Diet)

being open but having virtually no business

Sunday edition of a newspaper

smuggling in; importing through illegal channels

water polo

the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)

working (in, at, for); holding a post (at); serving (as)

destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down

tenant farming

short article; short essay

executive committee; executive organ

bronze ware

monetary offering; donation

psychiatric examination

mountains and rivers; natural surroundings

headquarters (on the battlefield)

trawl (net)