survey; exploration; field investigation
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to feel; to sense; to experience
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
terrain; geographical features; topography
to be flexible; to be accommodating
foundation stone; cornerstone
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
castle site; ruins of a castle
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
river; stream; River; the ... river
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
looking or acting as if one owned the place
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
to be infected; to be contagious
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
is something that; is that which
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)