long, straight, wide-open highway
creating a new village or town; opening a village (e.g. for Olympic athletes)
lighting a sacred flame by the light of the Sun
Hiroshima Peace Memorial; A-Bomb Dome; Genbaku Dome
clear autumn day; clear fall day
story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo); emotional rakugo story lacking a punch line
to hold something reverently with both hands
Olympic cauldron; Olympic flame platform
political tone; political flavour (flavor)
ladykiller who seduces married women; handsome young man who is popular among married women
saving water; water conservation; economizing on water
entering a village; moving to a village
on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play; shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
extremely large-scale (literary) work; monster work; long film; epic
guardian deity of seafaring; Kumbhira
to call for somebody's participation
Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway; Shuto Expressway
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
running swiftly; running at full speed
too good (for a child, to be true, etc.); overproduction (e.g. of crops); making too much
Olympia; Olimpia; Olympia
special program; special programme
consolation party (held after failure or defeat)
portable brush-and-ink case; quiver (archery)
promotional model (at a trade show, etc.); female guide (at a convention); hostess (of a party, banquet, etc.); companion
suspension of water supply; water outage
square metre; square meter
to pass the baton (e.g. in a relay race); to pass the baton; to hand on the torch
micro-; micro; minibus; microfilm