Vocabulary

mud; (wet) dirt

steel frame; steel beam; steel girder

retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation

paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven

shop manager

braille

marks; points; score; grade; runs (baseball)

voyage; passage; travelling

last moment; eleventh hour

contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)

letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader

arrival; coming; advent

mobilization; mobilisation

sympathy; compassion; pity

children's story; fairy tale

limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required)

poison; toxicant; venom

Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group)

rushing into; breaking into; storming

interior angle; internal angle

phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line

infielder; baseman

difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight

second; number two; runner-up

date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.)

fixed date; appointed day

becoming a pupil (of); becoming a disciple; entering an institution; beginning training

appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation

one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish

farm (agriculture)

spouse; wife; husband; partner

deployment; disposition; posting; stationing

magnification; leverage; amplification; scaling factor; scale factor

leukemia; leukaemia

detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered

fit; attack; spasm; ictus; paroxysm; seizure

dispatch; despatch; transmission; submission

felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering

half the amount (of money); half price; half fare

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument