Vocabulary

staff member; station employee; official

(playing a) game (of go, shogi, etc.)

(Japanese) National Land Agency

longest

inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste

Japanese Self-Defense Force official; Self-Defense Force official

fact-finding investigation; investigation into actual conditions; fact-finding survey

beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week

vocational school; technical school

mud wall with a roof; roofed mud wall

(yarn) count

water quality

vice-governor; deputy governor; lieutenant governor

decentralization of power; decentralisation of power

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

facing; opposite; across the street; other side

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication

aquatic products; fisheries

bulletin; (party) organ

taking the mound; pitching a game

abandonment; giving up; throwing away; disposal; dumping

dispatch of troops

progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

power of money; financial influence

severity; strictness; intensity

flagrante delicto; caught red-handed

rise; swell; elevation; upsurge

merit; virtue; good quality

politics and economics

disliked; hated; disagreeable

laboratory

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

to anticipate; to expect; to estimate; to count on; to allow for; to take into account

heading; headline; title; caption

seeing (someone) off; send-off

to see (someone) off; to escort

to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to inquire after

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

New Year's Day