Vocabulary

getting on base; reaching first base

art; technique; skill

spring break; spring vacation

moisture; damp; wetness

purity (of a substance)

elementary level; beginner level

weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration

world war

conquest; subjugation

character and conduct

stratosphere

political opponent

constellation

biochemistry

earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering

breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past)

being lost for words; becoming speechless

receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others

predecessor; pioneer; ancestor

plover

missionary

monopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights

shipowner

obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check

prime of life

swift current; rapids

complete financial statement

(running) high jump

committing a suspect to trial; referring a case to a public prosecutor

selling on the spot

local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff

platform truck; hand truck; trolley; dolly; cart

large family

typeface

(opening of a) wound; cut

adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)

(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

interest; eagerness; enthusiasm

custom; common practice; habit

pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise