N1 Vocabulary

original form, base form

original text

original document (not a copy or adaptation), book in its original language (esp. a European language)

crude oil

starting point, origin, beginning

atomic bomb, A-bomb

solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.), austere, grave, majestic, dignified, stately, impressive

strict, close, precise

calling on, visiting

House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)

and, as well as

sympathy, compassion

to reach, to amount to, to befall, to happen to, to extend, to go on (for, until)

variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length

to be contrary (to), to go against, to run counter (to), to contradict, to be opposite (to)

warp, curvature, bend, arch

insurrection, rebellion

reflection, reverberation

reaction, response

counterattack, counteroffensive, counterblow