eugenic thought; idea of eugenics
deserted house; ruined house; abolishing one's own family line in order to join another (under pre-1947 Japanese law); extinct family
couple; husband and wife; man and wife; sibling; brother and sister
minerals and rocks; metal and stone utensils; epigraph
kushikatsu; deep-fried skewered meat and vegetables
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
to suspend operations (esp. of trains); to stop driving
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
(means of) transportation; transport; transportation facilities; transportation system; transit system
as you see; as you can see
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
start of work; commencement; opening
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
nth period (e.g. nth class in school day)
to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state
to find out; to discover; to detect
municipal office; council; city hall
warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
in the mountains; among the mountains
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration