quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
corridor; hallway; passageway
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
irrespective (e.g. of age); without discrimination; without distinction
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
amount of money; sum of money
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
approximation; rough estimate; ballpark figure
research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
night soil; muck; filth; dirt
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
youthful; young; young-looking
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
fertile; rich; productive
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
kitchen waste; vegetable scraps
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
excretion; discharge; excrement
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)