Vocabulary

storage place

supplies; stock; stored goods

storeroom; stockroom

shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade

silver-stripe round herring (Spratelloides gracilis); slender sprat

rathole; mousehole

Catherine wheel (firework); pinwheel

geometric progression

pyramid scheme

private car; personal car

personal aeroplane; personal airplane

monopoly; exclusive right (to)

deciding or acting on one's own

(Japanese) Monopoly Bureau

monopoly goods

absolute monarch; despot; autocrat; tyrant

despotic government; autocracy

specialization; specialisation

technical term; terminology; jargon

technical training; professional education

technical book; specialized book; treatise

specialized training college; advanced vocational school

(senior) managing director

full-time housewife; stay-at-home homemaker

full-time farmer

exclusive jurisdiction

waters under one's jurisdiction; territorial waters

arbitrary use of power

being initiated (e.g. into the secrets of an art); receiving instruction (in); being taught

infectious; contagious

traditionalism

traditionalist

snub nose; pug nose; button-shaped nose; bulbous nose; cauliflower-shaped nose

right to collective bargaining

collective agreement

group insurance

team sports

spirit of unity; team spirit; esprit de corps

right to organize (of workers); right to organise

invert sugar