Vocabulary

social integration (esp. of burakumin); assimilation

waste oil

young lancefish; young sand lance

to forget completely; to leave behind

express messenger; postman; mailman; courier

wheel stop; parking block; parking curb

stroke of the brush; touch

scorched earth

Supreme Court

neighbors; neighbours; neighborhood; neighbourhood

account of a dream

rise; improvement; uptrend

government-run enterprise

in front of a grave

graveyard; cemetery

rough-and-ready (medical) treatment; drastic remedy; drastic treatment

Tokyo style

mid-air breakage; mid-air disintegration

acquired; a posteriori

impregnable castle

(one's) pay; wages

navigation; sailing

tragic

taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant

preparing one's own lunch; bringing one's own lunch; paying for one's own lunch

company newsletter

social policy

corporate culture; company climate or spirit; the way a company does things

fragmentary

dozens; scores of; decades

sender

sickness; disease

field

thinning out; pruning; culling; curtailing; sub-sampling (e.g. video frames, signals)

open door policy

weight of an (unloaded) vehicle; dead load; tare

ceremonial first pitch

enemy camp; enemy line

(construction of an) argument

setting on fire; setting afire