Vocabulary

vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot

militarism

official in charge

traces; evidence

system; lineage; group

intercept; interception; counter-attack

shooting down (an aircraft)

vacant position; vacancy; opening; unfilled position

determination; resolution

filling (up) a hole

pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china

same trade; same business; same profession

same age; same period

alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion

becoming dull; slowing down

soft (esp. of softball, tennis, etc.)

fault; weakness; flaw; defect; drawback; disadvantage

three-legged race

dairy products

whole year; all year round; throughout the year

age range; age-group; age bracket

farm; plantation

loss of a (legal) case

delivery

doubling; double

stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store

bowl; pot; basin

invention

half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far

remnant; fragment; incomplete set; incompleteness

carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in

delinquency; misconduct

inequality; unfairness

grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment

prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)

support (e.g. of one's dependents); maintenance

ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print

dance (esp. Western style); dancing

hamlet; subunit of village

satire; irony; sarcasm