Vocabulary

anticommunism

transportation; conveyance; delivery

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

sorrow; grief; sadness

minute; fine; detailed; subtle

minuscule amount; extremely small quantity

to express; to show

countdown

beach; foreshore

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective

irregular; unseasonable; changeable; unsettled; abnormal

unknown; unidentified; unspecified

unpopular

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)

custom

wind power

one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer

to pay (e.g. money, bill)

French; French writing; French literature

branch school

stationery

barracks

going side-by-side; going abreast

explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence

paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement

motherhood; maternity

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind

Buddhist priest; monk

obstruction; hindrance

soundproofing

waterproofing; making watertight

Arctic Circle; the Arctic