Vocabulary

diploma

(Catholic) neophyte

masters thesis

grief; sorrow

complaint (of pain, suffering, etc.); appeal

to gather; to (pick up and) collect; to glean (information)

to single out; to select

found article

graceful; beautiful

autumnal tints; fall tints

autumn rain; fall rain

autumn air; fall air

Akita Prefecture (Tōhoku area)

Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike

Autumnal Equinox Day (national holiday celebrated by honoring ancestors and remembering the deceased; September 22, 23 or 24)

long autumn rains; stationary autumn front

termination; cessation; stop

plain form (of a Japanese verb or adjective); dictionary form; predicative form

final trial

life imprisonment; life sentence

(Japanese) system of lifetime employment

terminus; terminal; end edge

end of campaign

(a) study (e.g. in music, art, sculpture, etc.); etude; practice piece

(bad) habit

looking the other way; hushing up a problem

bad smell; stink

sailor's song; boat song; sea shanty

both houses of the Diet

all eyes (of the public); (in) full view of the public; (with) everyone looking on; (focus of) public attention

all living things; mankind; the people; the world

to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on

to array against

succession to the peerage

adoption; following

lightning strike; lightning bolt

football (soccer, rugby, American football, etc.; esp. soccer)

to kick about; to kick around

to kick up (a ball, dust, etc.); to kick upwards (at)

to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away