Vocabulary

brain

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc)

aid; assistance; help; support; reinforcement

publication

majority; more than half; most (of)

pollution; contamination

crime; offence; offense

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

perfect; complete

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially

hole; opening; orifice; perforation

wave; billow; ripple; breaker; swell

operation; management; handling

indication; expression; showing; manifestation; demonstration

farmer; peasant

promotion; encouragement

calculation; computation; reckoning; counting; adding up; working out

surface; face

the East; the Orient; (East) Asia

state of mind; mentality; psychology

order (for an item)

heart

details; particulars; sequence of events; circumstances; situation; how things got this way

putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank)

stay; sojourn

scenery; scene; landscape; view; sight

food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply

(police) detective

food

plant; vegetation

still; as yet; as it has been

limit; bound

(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life

each other; one another

unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen

always; constantly; at all times; habitually

metal