Vocabulary

cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging

organism; living body

ecosystem

height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); (in) season; full bloom; full swing (of a party, etc.)

really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely

amount of tax

taxation business

coal

getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching

close contest; close match; close game; close race

opportunity; chance; occasion; time

despair; hopelessness

battlefield; battleground

washing; laundry

precedent

complete victory

release; liberation; acquittal

to protect; to guard; to defend

easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap

modus operandi; criminal technique; trick

process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction

hands and feet; limbs

ability; capability; skill

lifespan; life; lifetime

giving and receiving; transferring; transfer; changing hands

tree; trees and shrubs

working; being employed; being hired

beginning and end

full stop; period

lifelong; lifetime; for life; life

meeting up; gathering; assembly

(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to put on top of another

bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage

attitude; approach; move

occurrence; happening; taking place

wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)

prohibition; ban; suspension; injunction

annual revenue (government); annual income (government); budget receipts

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