Vocabulary

rainfall; snowfall

riverbed

in the earth; in the ground; underground

policeman; official in charge of imprisoning offenders

pivot foot

barbering; haircutting; hairdressing

dictionary of Chinese characters; kanji dictionary

billeting; camp

water pressure; hydraulic pressure

left side (of an equation, expression, etc.); LHS

printing

government-approved curriculums; (educational) guidelines

private car; private automobile

careless pitch

feel (of a material); texture

striking a deal; coming to an agreement; reconciliation

dividing vertically; vertical split; top-to-bottom sectioning; division into sections; splitting lengthwise

first cry of a newborn baby

marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese

one foot; one leg

hand luggage; hand baggage; luggage / baggage

charm; amulet; talisman

gap; lag; slippage

list; enumeration

Amitabha (Buddha); Amida

pathos; sorrow; grief

viscera; bowels

preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; inducement to stay

loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage

ancient times; prehistoric times

way to do (something)

capacity; volume

compost; manure

grand festival

title; heading

colonization; colonisation; development; settlement; exploitation

creche; day nursery; day-care center

search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation

tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper used for writing poetry, wishes, decorations, etc.

defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage