Vocabulary

consumer goods

slight difference; narrow margin

consultation office; information center; bureau; agency

local government employee; local civil servant

number of characters per line, page, etc.

ironworks; steelworks

great earthquake (disaster); highly destructive earthquake

solar cell

ordinary; sensible; commonplace

war expenditures

selling at a fire-sale price; clearance sale; dumping

Dragon King

to finish washing; to wash well; to investigate thoroughly

weakening; emaciation; decline

shaking; jolting

public safety commission

habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)

local public body; local government

collection; compilation

way; route

infertility; sterility; barrenness

(female) childcare worker; nursery school teacher

minority (i.e. being under age); minor; underage person

jostling; milling about; crush; being jammed together

mutual agreement; understanding; common consent

bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)

to project; to show (on a screen); to reflect (of a mirror, lake, etc.)

general remarks

why?; what for?

important position; strategic point

to delight; to please; to make (someone) happy; to give pleasure (to)

ageing; aging; senile deterioration

(inside the) Cabinet

return; restoration; refund; (duty) drawback

ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions

salvation of one's country

universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous

battle formation

deputy head teacher; vice principal

criminal liability