Vocabulary

gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc)

cram school; private tutoring school; juku

appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance

attendance; presence; appearance

running (for election); coming forward as a candidate

publication

head (of an office, laboratory, etc.); chief

income tax

victory or defeat

primary school; elementary school; grade school

novel; story; (work of) fiction

small number; few; minority

ministries and government offices; the authorities

chapter; section

testimony; (verbal) evidence

superior (in rank); top; ranking

(passenger) car; automobile

scene; setting; place (where something happens); scenario; case

standing; regular; permanent

occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade

one's post; place of work; workplace

meal (e.g. lunch, dinner)

food; food products; foodstuffs

confidence; trust; faith; reputation

trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance

heart failure

Shinkansen; bullet train

late at night

application; request; petition

god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami

progress; development

camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party)

correction; revision; redressing; rectifying

system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

work (film, book)

force; vigor; vigour; energy; spirit; life

character (of a person); personality; disposition; nature

success; achievement

results; record; grades; marks