Vocabulary

desktop; desk-top; tabletop

entreaty; appeal; petition

carbonization; carbonisation

short wave

terminal

dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); doughboy

level ground

farce; charade

mold; mould; template

writing; book; (literary) work

drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation

extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychic ability

renting; rental; hiring; leasing (from)

rear-end collision

indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people)

listening device; bug; wiretap

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion

amount of sugar; sugar content

bullfighting; bullfight

same quality; same nature; homogeneous

being independent; becoming independent

pair; two kinds; two ways

Buddhist nun

Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)

one's place of appointment; one's post

agriculture and industry

assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)

umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum

thin board; veneer

explosive; blasting powder

foaming

mental image; mental picture; image

gold dust; silver dust

instrumental trio

great army; mighty host; whole army

major (JGSDF)

three colours; three colors

deep in the mountains; mountain recesses

mountain and water; landscape (containing hills and rivers)

mountain range; mountain belt