Vocabulary

disastrous scene; terrible spectacle

obstetrics

ceramics; pottery and porcelain

prime of one's working life

bronze statue

special training; intensive training; crash course

originality

rope; cord

south entrance; south exit

softening

second baseman

journal; log

advancing to the first grade

tropical fish

mucous membrane; mucosa

farming; agriculture; cultivation

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction

wiring

natural history

(death by) hanging

8th note; eighth note; quaver

all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions

pigeon; dove

half price

anticommunism

transportation; conveyance; delivery

board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.)

sorrow; grief; sadness

minuscule amount; extremely small quantity

countdown

beach; foreshore

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

arrhythmia; abnormal heartbeat

war renunciation; anti-war

disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss

floating; buoyancy

taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains

burdening; bearing; shouldering; imposing

warrior

part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)