doubling; marked increase; multiplying; redoubling
putting beneath other goods; being at the bottom of the pile; lowly position; bottom (of the ladder); obscurity
5th day of the month; five days
Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
cheap article; poor-quality article
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
value; worth; estimation; evaluation; bargain; good buy
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
favoritism; favouritism; discrimination
enhancement (e.g. of national prestige); raising; heightening; promotion
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
Tokyo Imperial Household Museum
reconstruction; rebuilding
nowadays; in this day and age
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
sooner or later; in time; eventually
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
donation; presentation; gift
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
to move forward; to move on
wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook
Skansen (open air-museum and zoo in Stockholm, Sweden)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game