Vocabulary

investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry

resident of Tokyo; citizen of Tokyo; Tokyoite

soil

faction; party; clique

speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)

ridge (of roof)

regulation; control

arrival

the same school

patent

antitrust law; Antitrust Act

unmarried; single

reading

inside; within

tentative decision; unofficial offer (esp. job offer); informal offer

infield; diamond

around-the-clock system

nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); person of Japanese parentage with non-Japanese citizenship

two parts; two copies; the second part

red or gold circle representing the Sun

usually; habitually; always

date; dating

moving in (to a house, apartment, etc.); taking up residence

settlement; immigration

being selected (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); being accepted; winning

optional; voluntary; arbitrary; random; discretionary; facultative

payment of taxes

showy; loud; flashy; gaudy

arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration

article for sale; goods for sale; offering

to sell

white paper; flyleaf

impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal

excavation; exhumation; digging up; unearthing

firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; discharge; catapult

punishment; penalty

board; plank

pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment

critical; judgmental; censorious; negative

(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge