chambered nautilus (esp. species Nautilus pompilius)
traffic congestion; traffic jam; (traffic) deadlock
indicates storeys, structures, or materials used in a building; indicates denomination
large, medium and small (businesses, rooms, etc.)
barrier-free; planning or design to facilitate accessibility for the elderly and disabled
parents' ability (or inability) to let go of their children
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
rotary; roundabout; traffic circle; rotary; rotating
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
temporary; provisional; to do something temporarily (esp. build temporary facilities); to do something provisionally
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
jealousy; roasted rice cake
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
as a child; when one was a child
to have both; to possess both; to combine with