Vocabulary

winning a prize; placing (high; in a contest)

duty; function; office; mission; task; role

approval; license; licence; permission

talent; gift; function

farming; agriculture

haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

allotment; apportionment; share

acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; purchase

bomb

generation of electricity; power generation

fine; penalty

judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication

pre-war days; before the war

fibre; fiber

election; selection; choice

first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period

good; goodness; right; virtue

lawsuit; complaint

search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt

early morning

point at issue

runner

uproar; disturbance

close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer

side; flank; profile; sidelight; lateral

breath; breathing

grandchild

loss; damage; harm; unprofitable

(body) weight

physical strength; power; stamina; endurance; vigor; resistance to disease

price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee

fastball

branch manager; manager of a branch office

postal system

revised budget; supplementary budget

independent state; independent nation

new government; new administration

past days; bygone days; days of yore; the olden days

Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica); spotted laurel

Pyongyang (North Korea)