Vocabulary

written acknowledgement; written acknowledgment; receipt

petitioner

(written) petition

star

one's star; one's fortune or destiny

astronomy

starlight

constellation

Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata

the nebular hypothesis

starlight

single wall

plaster; wall clay; wall mud

wallboard; wall decoration

contraceptive method or measures

contraceptive; birth control drug

isolation hospital

going somewhere warmer for the winter; wintering

place with warmer weather to spend the winter

summer visitor

shelter; safe shelter; evacuation shelter; place of refuge

fire escape ladder

coward; chicken; yellow-belly

stone monument

anesthetic; anaesthetic

electric ray (any ray of order Torpediniformes)

glaring at; scowling at; looking contemptuously at

very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace

flat dish

mean solar day

mean solar time

revaluation

peace clause

peace movement

written commentary on notable events or persons

comment; critical remark

annotation; commentary

critical remark; comment

concurrent offenses; concurrent offences

soft skin; smooth skin