Vocabulary

manager; controller; administrator

open field; empty lot; plain

outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable

withering; dying

lake; lake water

hakama; pleated skirt or loose-legged trousers worn over a kimono mainly on ceremonial occasions

postscript

cost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost

enforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials

high blood pressure (as an illness); hypertension

tremendous snowfall; heavy snow

these days; nowadays; today; present age; modern times

now; recently; this time

base (of operations)

to lift up; to hold up; to raise

reproduction

joys and sorrows; happiness and sadness

evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; vice

scoundrel; rascal; villain

security; stability; safety; peace

relief; reassurance

(theatrical) blackout

great person; eminent figure

medical practice

well water

idea; plan

determined purpose

being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention

uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot

tuber; taro; potato; yam

to pull apart; to separate

right side (of an equation, expression, etc.); RHS

haori (Japanese formal coat)

station master

separation; divorce; severing of connections

engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses

throat

to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to be wrong; to be mistaken / get wrong

flattery; compliment

judgment; judgement; decision; verdict