Vocabulary

monthly publication; monthly issue

laboratory

inspection; study by observation; field trip; tour; review

heading; headline; title; caption

seeing (someone) off; send-off

reward; compensation; repayment; something done or given in return

New Year's Day

present point (i.e. in history); at the present time

(one's) speech; expression of views; discussion

lake

fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

prognostic symptoms; after-effect; sequela

junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student

rear; back; behind

public peace; public safety; public security; peace and order

public announcement; official notice; edict

public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment

thickness

welfare; public welfare; social welfare

whole assembly

Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine

prayer; wish; vow

fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed)

Bank of Japan; BOJ

prefectural police (Osaka or Kyoto)

Labor Minister

opening; gap

power of money; financial influence

severity; strictness; intensity

flagrante delicto; caught red-handed

rise; swell; elevation; upsurge

merit; virtue; good quality

politics and economics

solid body; three-dimensional object

passenger

both hands; both arms

territory; domain

cooling; refrigeration

row; line; file; column; queue; rank

repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage