Vocabulary

this summer; next summer; last summer

left wing

marginal profits

again and again; repeatedly

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

calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)

convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)

commerce and industry

promotion; advancement; rising in rank

detailed; full; minute

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)

fresh

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