Vocabulary

to knit; to plait; to braid

patent attorney; patent agent

salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay

reward; prize

the dead; ghost

behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence

tyranny; atrocity

facing north; northern exposure

fever; febrile disease

to spread (of fire)

brain inflammation; encephalitis; cerebritis

cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke

Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern

borrowing

death from explosion; death from bombing

flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange

outside one's field; out of one's line

double-flowered cherry tree; double cherry blossoms

variety of plants; various herbs

smoke bomb; smoke candle

to slip out; to steal out

selection (from many people for an important position); exceptional promotion

to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon

flag at half-mast

reflexive; reflecting

house number; address

to leap over

sniper; sharpshooter

way of playing (an instrument); style of playing; playing technique

zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals

manor; demesne

to be sufficient; to be enough

lazy; idle; indolent; slothful

coronation ceremony; enthronement

abdication

degeneration; retrogression; atrophy

execution by proxy; subrogation (of administrative acts)

ice water

all things; all creation

abalone; ear shell