Vocabulary

painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

word; vocabulary

decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution

terrain; geographical features; topography

landowner; landlord; landlady

place name; toponym

wearing (e.g. a uniform, seat belt, helmet); having on

centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule

joining; joint

15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival

on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully

conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment

direct

New Year's card

natto (fermented soybeans)

hegemony

supreme ruler; conqueror

to tear; to rip; to break; to destroy

abolition; elimination

exhaust; emission (of gas from an engine)

cause of defeat

number on the back of a player's uniform; uniform number; shirt number; squad number

to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to deal out; to serve out

persecution; oppression

becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed

anti-American

irony; sarcasm; cynicism; satire

airfield; airport; aerodrome

microbe; germ

sickbed; (hospital) bed

article; item; thing; goods; wares

wealth and poverty; rich and poor

frequency (of occurrence)

weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly

nonprosecution; nonindictment

impossible; incapable (of doing); unable (to do)

strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves

surfacing; rising to the surface

offstage; backstage; behind the scenes

partial