Vocabulary

evaluation; appraisal; assessment; judgement; estimation; criticism

high score

roadside; wayside

sensitivity to the times; sense of the times

police reporter

Judicial Research and Training Institute

fixed-term payment (usu. insurance)

departure from office

listener's role

producer goods; producer's goods

fireproof

occupational disease

shake; shock

worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match

watershed; divide

denominator

depot ship; mother ship

discharging (electrically; e.g. of a battery)

square

spinning and weaving

running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts

high tide; high water; full tide

spectacular move (chess, shogi, etc.); brilliant move

impermanence

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

life; thread of life

countenance; features; looks

thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood

coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair

eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye

problem child

brave warrior; hero; brave man

patriotic concern for the future of one's country

pump priming

(sudden, heavy) shower (on a summer afternoon or evening); evening shower

performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment

intonation; accent; modulation; inflection

money-making

personal history; background; career

physics and chemistry