Vocabulary

spot; point; place; position

signboard; sign; billboard; hoarding; doorplate

government office; government agency; authorities

middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month

day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)

last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month

city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area

entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.)

radio wave; reception; signal

ocean; sea

number of times; frequency; count

direction; district; area; direction (bound for)

reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction

practical use; utility

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

altitude; height; elevation

water's surface

manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution

front and rear; front and back; before and behind; back and forth

area; zone; district; quarter; section; limits

indication; sign; hint; sensation; feeling

ground; crust (earth); bed (gravel, river, etc.)

subject (of study); course of study

carving; engraving; sculpture

outside (e.g. of a building); exterior

eruption; volcanic eruption

judge; judiciary

peninsula

departure; departing from ...; leaving at (e.g. 8:30)

deadline; closing; cut-off

after this; from now on; hereafter

sales; demand

hot spring

section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; page

site; plot; lot; grounds

father and mother; parents

agricultural produce

literature

archipelago; chain of islands