earthquake-resistant construction
Aries (constellation); the Ram
mentsuyu; noodle soup base; mixture of dashi, soy sauce, mirin and sugar
ground plan; plane figure
award of excellence; merit award
stray sheep; lost lamb; (fig.) person at a loss for what to do
starting (construction) work
(wearing) low over one's eyes
prize-winner; recipient (of a prize, award, etc.)
transfer to a different hospital; hospital transfer
additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case
to run through; to run past
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
Tsushima (former province located on Tsushima Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Tsushima (island)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
publication of results; announcement of results
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
Toyama (city, prefecture)
one leaf; one page; one sheet; (arch.) one boat
very much; exceedingly; extremely
long ago; once upon a time
best; most (valuable player); top (quality); grade A; ace; finest
to lie down; to throw oneself down
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
bungalow; one-story house
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
making something widely known; introduction; debut; announcement; unveiling
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...