Vocabulary

semigovernmental corporation

unofficial report; confidential report

inland

the south; southward; southern direction

serious disease; intractable disease; difficult-to-recover-from illness

acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)

admission (to an institute, nursery school, facility, etc.); entrance

bathing; going in the bath

beginning of the year; new year

(approximate) age; years

to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation

payment (of taxes, fees, etc.)

spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple

fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

haiku poet

business suit

distribution

sales promotion; hard selling

exhibition; exposition; expo; fair

to tie; to bind; to fasten

arrival and departure

(divine) punishment; curse; retribution

anti-establishment

one's later years; final years (in life)

sales battle; business competition

(pitcher's) stuff

heart disease; heart trouble; cardiopathy

changing completely; transformation

attack; drive; advance; invasion

striking a batter out

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

encouragement; cheering on

pitcher's first pitch (to batter, or in the game)

new graduate; recent graduate

learning; scholarship; study; erudition; knowledge; education

open sea

jumping out; running out (e.g. into the street); dashing out; springing out

to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to distend; to bulge

to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)