Vocabulary

ballot box

maintenance or abolition (of a system, institution, etc.); existence

victory or defeat; victory and defeat

fighter (for); militant; champion (of); boxer

high speed

planted area

mountain range; mountain system

judicial trial

number of characters; number of letters

self-determination

(company) announcement

executives; top management; governing body

digestive organ

peace conference; peace negotiations

sunlight

circulatory organ

utilization of water; water supply; irrigation

to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)

bulletproof; bombproof

corners of a field

authorized architect and builder; licensed architect; registered architect

rice granary

turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; shutting the door in someone's face; refusal of admission

batting order; batting line-up

ironworking; ironworker

medal

general resemblance; being largely the same

correlation; interrelation; intertwining

young persons' association

blue sky

Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School

restrained buying

primary significance; primary importance; first principle

educational; instructive

intangible cultural asset

unsigned; unregistered

unqualified; unlicensed; uncertified

morning and evening; daily routine

clergyman; churchman; clergy

antipodes