conspicuousness (usu. color); prominence; distinctiveness
town; city; municipal; urban
construction; architecture (of buildings)
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
Japanese person; Japanese people
everyday life; daily life
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
nowadays; in this day and age
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
kabuki; Japanese classical drama
honorific/polite/humble prefix
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
future (usually near); prospects
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
law of nature; natural law
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
funds; capital; material; basis; character; qualities