Vocabulary

superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance

general affairs department (bureau); executive section

prison sentence (without a stay of execution)

returning; giving back

fierce fight; close contest

parent company

cubic meter

pontoon bridge; floating bridge

sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death; on-the-job accident

infirmity (due to old age); decrepitude; senility; senescence; superannuation

article; discourse; dissertation; (written) argument; commentary

to discuss; to talk together; to talk over / discuss

eternity; permanence; perpetuity

yellow; amber

exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral

decision; ruling; award; arbitration

departure from a country; leaving a country

upper part; upper region; region above

thousand years; thousand generations; thousand ages; eternity

large river

second week's memorial services

nursery school; day care center; day nursery

farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; station

lightning; thunder; thunderbolt

abandonment; desertion

consolation

handing over (of a right, property, etc.); transfer; assignment

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

off the coast; offshore; out at sea

guess; speculation; supposition

memo; memorandum; note

wholesale; wholesaling

severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

lump; mass; bundle; clump; clod; cluster

exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to pass over (out of); to go beyond; to go past

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

vaccination; inoculation; immunization; immunisation