change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
party line (telephone line shared by multiple subscribers)
to break completely; to bring the house down
green algae; chlorophyceae
slush; slush ice; snow slush
distinction; favoritism; favouritism; discrimination
full-length photograph; whole body picture
launch site (for missiles, rockets, etc.)
electric gramophone; record player
space development project (program, programme)
director of photography; cinematographer
sturgeon (esp. the green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris)
artificial lake; man-made lake; reservoir
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
calling someone directly (by telephone); phone number
listener; person with normal hearing (i.e. not deaf); hearing person
selection process; judging system
flies that appear in Tohoku and Hokkaido in late autumn or early winter (esp. the woolly apple aphid); flies that appear above fallen snow in the early spring (esp. certain species of small winter stonefly and true crane fly)
enhancing national prestige; expanding national influence
government news; state-run news