tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk
hazard area (flood, tsunami, etc.); danger zone; no man's land
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
gentian (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri); autumn bellflower
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
twelve o'clock; midnight; noon
land of the gods; Japan; Heaven
to take measures (against); to take steps
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; luxuriant (vegetation)
destruction; annihilation; extermination
on the way back; returning
society; company; the public; the world
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
to take into consideration; to bear in mind
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
general manager; director-general
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
outer space; void of space
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
handle; grip; holder; person who holds
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings