Vocabulary

woman's slender fingers

ruled surface

to score the first point

depreciatory name

in times of war

filament

bottomless ravine; abyss

doctors; teachers; lawyers

to study under a teacher

week before last

ancestral tablet

election headquarters

detergent

to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)

Lord of Sendai

order of arrival; first-come-first-served basis

to be selected; to be chosen

millennium

strong-nerved; decisive

to put on a patronizing air

pickled sliced radishes

professional job; profession

to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch

to uncork a bottle

to draw a line

to place a tax on

tax system research commission; tax system research council; select committee on the taxation system; tax commission

to pay a tax

principle of being fair and just; fair and unbiased policy (unbiassed)

till; purse; handbag

to be worth the money

to entrust (a person) with power of attorney (to do something for one)

front wheel

angle of advance

one's former address

to have an attack of asthma

previous president (immediately preceding the incumbent); former president

good and evil

straight A student

good neighborly relations; good neighbourly relations