Vocabulary

adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

air conditioning; air cooling

series of battles; successive battles

company; lot; people; bunch; gang; pack

working conditions

reading aloud; recitation

(video) recording

washi; Japanese paper

one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); one strand (e.g. of hair); one beam (e.g. of light); one ray; one length (e.g. of rope)

one color

I; me

flower garden

desire; wish; aspiration

armed forces; battle troops

the way there; outbound leg; outbound trip; departing leg

advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint

same person

brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot

unsettled; uncertain; indefinite; unfixed; variable; irregular

health care center; health care centre

to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc.)

buying up of goods; cornering (market)

operation (of a machine); running

dry riverbed; river beach

(fighting) spirit; motivation; effort

division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot

construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation

steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy

finish; finishing; finishing touches

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze

coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the Sun or the Moon)

encouragement; cheering on

striking a batter out

attack; drive; advance; invasion

heart disease; heart trouble; cardiopathy

changing completely; transformation

chase; pursuit; tracking; stalking

communications network

power outage; power failure; power cut; blackout

scouting; reconnaissance