Vocabulary

boarding house; residence hall; dormitory

parasitism

respiratory tract; air duct

noble visitor

caricature; cartoon; comics

passenger car; passenger carriage

backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrogression; going in the wrong direction; going against (e.g. the times)

sphere; globe; orb

old family; old-established family

imperial throne

plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception

high priest; highly ranked priest

adding up; totalling; totaling

state-sponsored; national

sandy soil; sandy place

(by) one's side; place close to one's person; place within arm's reach

pressing; urging; demanding; demand

rhinoceros

rumor; rumour; gossip; speculation; irresponsible criticism; hearsay

(state of) apparent death; suspended animation

temple (esp. large one); monastery

kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature

origin of a fire

excess or deficiency; too much or too little

circulation (esp. of documents); sending round

foreign rice

street light; streetlamp

everyone; each and every one (of you); ladies and gentlemen

nuclear explosion

isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility

scholar; student

repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back

power; influence

original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)

original (text)

form (printing); forme; typesetting plate; original plate

declaration; statement; assertion

paste; glue

words and phrases; words

(inflectional) ending of a word