Vocabulary

pickled cherry blossoms

rulebook

standard size

standardized article; standardised goods

normative; prescriptive

(recorded) man-on-the-street interview

roadside speech; soapbox speech

(recorded) man-on-the-street interview

glaring (eyes); piercing; penetrating

keen eyes; piercing gaze; penetrating eyes

absence from work or school due to mourning; secluding oneself in mourning

end of mourning period (usu. 49 days)

change of era

change of name or title; change of era

reformism

reformer

revised and enlarged (edition)

reform; reformation

bringing up to date; progress

Constitutional Reform Party (1882-1896)

Empire Day (February 11th; national holiday held from 1872 to 1948)

semiotics

signed ballot

registered stock; registered share

descriptive composition

souvenir; memento

souvenir; memento

anniversary; commemoration

press gallery; press box

descriptive grammar

the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki (earliest historical records of Japan)

memory; ability to remember

(computer) storage cell; storage element

memory disorder; impairment of memory; dysmnesia

documentary literature

record keeper; recorder; archivist

groundbreaking or cornerstone-laying ceremony

nap raising

opening line; opening line of a (Chinese) poem

saving from the brink of death