Vocabulary

confidence; trust; faith; reputation

trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance

heart failure

Shinkansen; bullet train

late at night

application; request; petition

god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami

progress; development

diverse; various

compromise; giving in

blow; shock; strike; damage

batting line-up; batting order

physical education; PE; gym (class)

attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

representation; agency; proxy

large-scale

large; large-sized; large-scale; big

embassy

cabinet minister

adult; grown-up

majority; more than half; most (of)

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination

sole; single; solo

person in charge (of an area of work, etc.); person responsible; contact (person)

birth (of a person); nativity

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