Vocabulary

acquisition; possession

establishment; settlement

institute; academy

learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference

public prosecutor

researcher

prefectural assembly member

principle; theory; fundamental truth

source (of a river); fountainhead

limit; bound

individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic

each other; one another

succession

successor

pollution; public nuisance; contamination

official recognition; official approval; certification; authorization; authorisation

efficiency

handicraft

protest; objection

construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation

inlet; bay

harbour; harbor; port

crown prince

course (e.g. of lectures)

suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt

item; heading; category; clause

height; altitude; elevation; level

national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic

Secretary of State

bone

difficulty; hardship; trouble; distress

basis; grounds; foundation; reason; authority

chairman

restoration to life; coming to life again; resuscitation; regeneration

vote; ballot; division

cell

court; courthouse

residing; living; dwelling

property; fortune; assets

foundation (institution); syndicate; group