Vocabulary

earned run

day duty; day shift; class duty (students)

secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method

poaching (fish or seafood)

adjourning court

forest conservation; afforestation

test firing

suitable temperature; right temperature; moderate temperature

trick; trap; stratagem

going to France

small build; small stature

minor difference

stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder

national glory

folk entertainment

hilly section of a city (usu. upscale residential)

high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east

(religious) prophecy

outside (a region, area, etc.); out of range (of a mobile network, radar, etc.); outside the sphere (of influence, etc.); out of contention; out of reach

(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning

to exchange glances; to look at each other

row of houses

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; impregnable; steep

ledger

atomic bomb; A-bomb

strict; rigid; exact; fair; impartial

severe winter

string instrument; stringed instrument

reduction of penalty; commutation of a sentence

salary reduction; salary cut

old castle; old fortress

proper noun

Go board

to cross; to intersect; to join; to meet

crossing; intersection

friendship; companionship; fraternity; comradeship

court noble; nobility; kuge

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to disseminate

protest; refutation; pleading

revision; proofreading