Vocabulary

mother and child

to collapse; to crumble

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to carry under one's arm; to hold (one's head) in one's hands

televising; broadcasting; airing

plan; measure; means; scheme; policy

judicial affairs

adventure; venture

Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

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

whole nation; whole land; whole country

boss (esp. yakuza); foreman

creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); original work; (creative) writing

to follow in succession; to happen one after another

mass resignation

Prime Minister's office; PMO

aggregate amount

seeing off; sending off

enlargement; increase

shipbuilding

(on) the same day

measurement