Vocabulary

encyclopedia

to carry over (an issue, decision, work, etc.); to carry forward; to put off; to postpone; to defer

(school) period

statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; prescription (including acquisitive and extinctive prescription)

magnetism

being able to do as one pleases; doing at will

substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality

range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)

garage; carport; depot (for trains, buses, etc.); shed; carbarn

invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass

newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.

permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); spread; penetration (e.g. into a market); pervasion

directly opposite; right in front

to be intimate with; to befriend

National Personnel Authority

(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious

on the water; aquatic

underwater

adjustment; coordination; integration; conformity

bone fracture

root; source; origin; cause

balance; difference (in price, cost); margin

reappearance; reemergence; return; revival

retrial; reopening of a case

the oldest; the earliest

front line; forefront

details; particulars

pre-existing; already there; conventional

(writing) song lyrics

these days; nowadays; recently; lately

three sons

three (long cylindrical things)

councillor; councilor

suffrage; franchise

among the mountains

mountain forest; forest on a mountain; forest land; woodland

egg-laying; spawning

calculation; estimation; computation

buying (of stock, materials, etc.); purchasing; stocking; laying in; procurement

New Year's Tournament (held in Tokyo in January)