Vocabulary

notice; attention; observation

author (usu. of a particular book); writer

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

supply; provision; raising; procurement

cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination

compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement

classroom; lecture room

believer; adherent

achievement; performance; results; work; contribution

composition; piece of music; song; track (on a record)

service; duty; work

tension; strain; nervousness; stress

present day; modern times; recent times

amount of money; sum

financial institutions; banking facilities

Ginza (district in Tokyo)

concreteness; embodiment

emptiness; being empty

air; atmosphere

training; drill; practice; discipline

manager; proprietor

expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs

continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on

vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard

drama; play

(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

decision; determination; resolution

decision; determination

formation; combination

blood

construction; architecture (of buildings)

building

power; authority; jurisdiction

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine

training (esp. in-service); induction course

prefectural governor

within the prefecture

shoulder

plaintiff; accuser; prosecutor

nuclear power plant; nuclear power generation