Vocabulary

active duty; active service

breathing; respiration

fault; trouble; breakdown; failure; being out of order

retreat; falling back; moving backwards; reversing; backing up (of a vehicle); retrogression

public election; election by popular vote

official residence

official announcement; proclamation

public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant

public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow

public (institution)

a kind; a sort; a variety; a species

one tanka; one poem

one week

(a) step; one step

retirement

director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector

yen (currency of Japan)

acting; performance

rim; brim; edge; brink

last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month

ticket; token; check; receipt

three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.)

oxidation; oxidization

staying behind; remaining; residual

city councillor; city councilor; city assemblyman

index; index number; indicator

index; indices; indicator

provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

death; decease; passing away

death penalty; capital punishment

ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate

field of vision; view

tooth; teeth

matter; item; facts

section of village

execution; carrying out; performance; enforcement; exercise; service

section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor

indoor; inside the room

question