Vocabulary

synthetic leather; artificial leather; leatherette

composite photograph; photomontage

synthetic paper

chorus

traditional style of Japanese architecture with a steep thatched roof

a couple strangely but happily united; uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate

pay level; pay scale

wage structure

earned income

salaried employee

water station

water tower

water pipe

oiler; bunker ship; fuel barge

water supply and drainage

scholarship student

supply source

supplying electricity

maintaining (e.g. a family); support

looking up a word or kanji by its reading (rather than by its radical or stroke count)

voice

multiplex broadcast or transmission

spoken language

phonetic transcription; phonetic notation

phonetic symbol

present (to build up a "friendship" with someone); bribe

index listing kanji by their Chinese and Japanese pronunciations

acoustic training; auditory training

(study of) acoustics

phonology

behind-the-scenes maneuvering; behind-the-scenes manoeuvering; secret maneuvers; secret manoeuvres

cryptogram; cipher text

cryptography; cryptology

unpropitious direction

attempted assassination

assassin

a work or subject to be memorized (memorised)

the dark side; the seamy side

dark nebula

the underworld