Vocabulary

circulation or lending (e.g. library books)

(written) work; book

Minamata disease

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.)

tuck (e.g. in a dress)

screening (a movie); showing

performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation

high rice field; very fertile rice field

riding; ride

colony

professional duties

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)

truth; reality

high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine

moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement

progress; advance; improvement; development

personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost

hostage

swimming

(water-filled) paddy field

sleep

several hundred; hundreds (of)

quantity; volume; amount

limitation; restriction; condition; constraints

surname; family name

adult; grown-up

ingredient; component; composition

inhabiting; living

existence; being; life; survival

youth; adolescence; springtime of life

young people; youth; the younger generation

pointed end; tip; point; cusp (of a leaf, crescent moon, etc.); apex (of a curve)

wartime

total; full amount; sum

(the) whole

obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping

foundation (of a newspaper, magazine, etc.); starting; launching; first publication

establishment (of a business); founding

creation