Vocabulary

drinking alone; solitary drinking

self-study; self-teaching

hostel for bachelors

monopoly business, enterprise

antitrust law; Antitrust Act

possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control

creativity; ingenuity

to be ingenious

soloist

lonely in bed

independence movement

Independence Day

independent spirit

independence

declaration of independence

self-reliance; self-help

detachment

independent variable

easy to read; legible; clear

ease of reading; legibility

to read (a text) from start to finish

to read too much

to misread (a name, kanji, etc.); to read incorrectly; to mispronounce (when reading)

to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly

to read out (e.g. data from a computer or process); to retrieve

to misread; to mispronounce

to read to (for) someone

to overlook in reading

to read smoothly; to skim

Yomiuri Symphony

readership; target audience (of a magazine)

lip reading

mind reading

comma

Tochigi Prefecture (Kanto area)

convex lens

convexity

convex angle

convex mirror

protrusion