貴重: being precious / 基調: keynote, tone of a presentation, basic color of a painting / 機長: pilot / 記帳: registry, book-keeping / 帰朝: returning from abroad / 几帳: screen

長期間: extended period of time

税制調査会: Select Committee on the Taxation System (abbr. 税調)

単調: monotony / 短調: (music) minor key / 丹頂, タンチョウ: Red-crowned Crane / 探鳥: bird watching

腸内細菌: intestinal bacteria

長栄: a male given name

億兆: the masses, the people

女家長: a matriarch

朝謁: an audience with the emperor at court / 超越: transcendence

朝謁: to attend an audience with the emperor at court / 超越: to transcend; to rise above, to keep oneself aloof