Vocabulary

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

present age; present day; today

to call out (to); to call; to invoke

employment; hire

adviser; advisor; consultant; counselor

second half; latter half

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

traffic; transportation

(public) park

public performance

opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure

public (facilities, service, etc.); communal

official; formal

(former) Ministry of Health and Welfare

mouth

(manufacturing) industry

construction work

advertisement; advertising

plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

way of thinking; point of view; opinion; approach (e.g. to a problem); attitude

aviation; flying

act; deed; conduct

(one's) whereabouts

lecture; address; speech

contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

purchase; buying

Hong Kong

member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP

border (between countries); national border

international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan

nationality; citizenship

national defence; national defense

national; founded and run by the central government

(being in) the black; surplus

this time; now

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

difference; variation

inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)

seat; place

again; once more; a second time