Vocabulary

working adult; full-fledged member of society

debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money

protagonist; main character; hero; heroine

person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head

leading part; leading actor; leading actress

(the) mainstream

obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of); getting; purchase

(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage

variety; kind; type; category

hobby; pastime

accepting a bribe

cultivation

annual expenditure (of a state, organization, etc.)

occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when

being at home; being in

making; producing; manufacturing; building; construction; make

creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

to kill; to slay; to murder; to slaughter

strikeout

House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)

purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used

four; 4

finger; toe; digit

needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; pointer; index

policy; measure

after death

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

private residence

inspection; observation

viewer (esp. of television, streaming video content); audience; viewership; listener (occ. of radio, audio streaming content)

poet

brake; drag; skid; pawl

next time (occasion)

gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit

one's own country

suicide

independence; self-reliance

ceremony; rites

to lose

practical use; utility