Vocabulary

autumn festival; fall festival; autumn matsuri

drunken frenzy; drunken violence

reservist

reflection; reflected light; reflected heat; glare

address in reply (e.g. at a ceremony); formal reply

national review; national referendum on the appointment or re-appointment of Supreme Court judges, held at the same time as general elections to the House of Representatives

overanxiety; needless worry

profuse sweat

constructing and selling a ready-built house

autonomic dysfunction; autonomic failure; dysautonomia

mountain villa; chalet; mountain cottage; mountain retreat; house in the mountains

to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly

dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight

ambitious (heroic) undertaking; daring enterprise; grand scheme

mutual affection; mutual love

one's position; one's face; one's honour; one's reputation

overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel)

deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship

impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag

quicksand

government forces; loyalist army

ultramarine

group dancing

one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace

exquisite

sand hill; dune

cloud of sand (dust, etc.)

mountains and seas

first person to say something; first person to suggest something; person who raised a matter

language; speech

association formed to carry out an objective

penetrating cold

manual; practice book

rumble in the ground

copyreading department

who's who; directory; social register

first part (of a book, film, etc.); first volume

to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest; to grab; to catch hold of

what

to turn; to rotate; to revolve; to spin