Vocabulary

earth; ground; land; soil

(social) position; status; standing

underground; below the ground

the price of land

above ground; on the ground; earth's surface

order; discipline; regularity; system; method

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

junior high school student; middle school pupil

interruption; discontinuance; suspension; stoppage

notice; attention; observation

author (usu. of a particular book); writer

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

supply; provision; raising; procurement

addition; supplement; appending; appendix

total; sum; aggregate

fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

hanging low (of clouds)

fixed period; fixed term

execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; action; implementation; fulfillment

substance; essence

socialism

leadership; initiative; spearhead

letter; note

surgery; operation; procedure

means; way; measure

Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area

receiving; acceptance; reception; admission

winning a prize; receiving an award; being awarded

lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork

income and expenditure

surroundings; environs

finding employment; getting a job

end; close

concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention

address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile; address

employee; worker

gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc)

cram school; private tutoring school; juku

appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance

attendance; presence; appearance