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

employment; starting work

House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)

second highest division; wrestlers of the second highest division

national holiday; public holiday

temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; loan

mobilization; going into action; being dispatched; being sent out; being called in; turning out

one's turn; one's shift

measure; step; dealing with

first performance; premiere

first 10 days of the month

location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is

possession; having (on one's person); carrying (with one)

wife (esp. one's own wife)

injury; inflicting bodily injury

victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)

commissioned officer; military officer

young child; infant

cheque; check

marsh; swamp; wetland; bog; pond

informed circles