Vocabulary

harassment; pestering

looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference

raw materials; ingredients

music for strings; string music

losing initiative; being forestalled

imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.

traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare

public-service corporation; charitable corporation

declaration; profession

young nobleman

Chūetsu (region in Niigata)

pressure

code; password; cipher

another name; nickname; alias

transfer of control

transfer; transport; transportation

will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words

note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; will; testament

consistency; coherence; integration

passbook; bankbook

stamp; seal; personal seal

clear weather; fine weather; clear / sunny

foreign country

the opposite sex

one's whole life; one's lifetime

unification; centralization; centralisation

Labor Standards Act

(rocky) beach; seashore

ancestor; forefather; progenitor

chromosome

visit; call

heavy turnover (trading)

crops; agricultural produce

closure (of a library, museum, etc.)

founding of a nation

white horse

American (person)

middle and high school

point spread; point difference

faculty of agriculture; school of agriculture; department of agriculture