Vocabulary

palace

rapid progress; radical progress

rapid increase; sharp rise; proliferation; surge; explosion

first-aid; emergency (aid)

recommended sentence; prosecution's demand for punishment

recruiting; job offer; job vacancy

beef

(cow's) milk

falsehood; untruth; lie; misinformation

support; mutual aid; cooperation; approval; authorization; authorisation

border; boundary

teaching materials

(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement

kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play

abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking

muscle

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

Friday

head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward

pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

using freely; making full use of; having a good command of

repetition; repeat; reiteration; iteration; refrain; cycle

prison; jail; gaol; penitentiary

relieving the (starting) pitcher

seeing off; sending off

enlargement; increase

shipbuilding

(on) the same day

measurement

continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration

respect; esteem; regard

another company; other company

batting average

interior of the body

loan

pinch-hitting; pinch hitter

most part; greater part; majority

table tennis; ping-pong

building lot; residential land

multi-unit apartments; apartment complex