Vocabulary

to touch; to come in contact with; to border on; to adjoin; to be adjacent; to be close

entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining

theft; stealing; larceny

special occupation; principal occupation; specialty; monopoly

wartime fire

submarine

railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line

antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation

future; prospects; outlook

saint; person well-balanced morally and intellectually

the whole world

petition; complaint; (legal) brief

pair

difference; discrepancy; variation

succession

supreme ruler; generalissimo

to run

remittance; sending money; transferring money

increase in yield

molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling

one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction

edged tool; cutting instrument; knife

hydrogen (H)

water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap

Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

sexual (i.e. relating to biological sex)

post-natal; since birth

ecology; life and habits (of an animal)

customs; customs house

to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock

to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)

point of tangency; point of contact

tongue

specialist shop; shop specializing in a particular type of product

detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material

sen (hundredth of a yen)

virtuous mind

complete works; complete collection; complete series

total abolition; full phase-out; total repeal

simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated