Vocabulary

renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)

Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence

Imperial household

sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring

constitutionality

lodging together; training camp; boarding house

national road; national highway

affairs of state

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately

this summer; next summer; last summer

left wing

marginal profits

return; relapse; recurrence

adoption; selection; choice

funeral hall

judge

work (e.g. of art); piece; production

killing; murder

going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple); visit (to a shrine or temple to worship)

staff officer; military staff

mountain chain; mountains

producing area; place of origin; growing district

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

zoo; zoological gardens

like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment

being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; sitting next to

tool; implement; instrument; utensil; apparatus; device

characteristic; (distinctive) feature; peculiarity; distinguishing quality; special character

(special) correspondent (e.g. for a newspaper)

internal or domestic affairs

itemization (of expenses); the items; breakdown; classification

South America

disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness

diary; journal

daily output

entry into a country

pregnancy; conception; gestation

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline

annual income

age; era; period; date