Vocabulary

English book; book written in English

lower-case letters (of the English alphabet)

alphanumeric characters; alphanumerics; letters (of the English alphabet) and numbers

English grammar

the United Kingdom and the United States; Britain and America; Anglo-American

heroic

Commonwealth of Nations (formerly British Commonwealth)

English-Japanese dictionary

place guarded by soldiers; torpedo room

(satellite) earth station

satellite broadcasting

health standards; hygiene standards

poem (esp. tanka); song; composition of a poem or song

reciting poetry

aria

presentation of a poem (to the Court or a shrine)

draft poem

reciting poetry

sensitiveness; sensitivity; delicacy (e.g. of feeling)

courage; ardour; high spirits

brunt of attack or argument

juice; sap

liquidity; fluidity

liquid surface

liquid measure

epidemiology

god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases

children's dysentery

epidemic; plague; pestilence

useful insect

beneficial bird

good friend; useful friend

street in front of station

long-distance relay race

railway employee (porter)

station name

to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction

joy; pleasure; delight

to have an audience (with)

audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)