Vocabulary

dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet

floating (e.g. in air, water); floatation; buoyancy; buoying up (e.g. economy)

manners; customs

to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to recount

division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation

hearer; listener; audience

prejudice; bias; distorted view

area; vicinity; region

speech; tongue; talk; eloquence

charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage

guardian; protector; patron; parent

walking; walk

reinforcement; strengthening

one's home country; one's homeland

kitchen knife

information media; press; news organs

service; ministry; attendance; church work

bombarding; shelling; bombardment

wish; desire; hope

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

breeding; propagation; reproduction; multiplication; increase

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

petition; complaint; (legal) brief

pair

difference; discrepancy; variation

succession

supreme ruler; generalissimo