Vocabulary

bûche de Noël; Yule log (cake)

newly listed stocks; new stock offering

taking a junior high-school entrance examination

popular school

expansion of exports; export expansion

export reduction; export contraction

oversupply (of goods, etc.); excessive supply

land owner; leaseholder

ready-mixed concrete; liquid concrete; wet concrete

ready-mixed concrete; liquid concrete; wet concrete

yours sincerely; sincerely yours; yours truly

respectfully yours

respectfully yours

Dear Sir or Madam

Dear Sir or Madam, in reply to your letter ...

replying; responding

postscript; P.S.; PS

privatization

joint committee of both houses

loss-making business; company operating in the red

shutter bug; photography enthusiast; keen (amateur) photographer

indoor heating

guarantee of safety; ensuring safety

bilateral relations; relationship between two countries

uniformed personnel

trade deficit with Japan

visible speech

visual area (of the brain); visual cortex

visual system; ophthalmencephalon

optic ataxia

optic aphasia; visual aphasia

television viewer; TV audience

radial velocity; line-of-sight velocity

visual purple; rhodopsin

discovery; detection; exposure

visual space

visuospatial agnosia

visibility

collimation

collimator