authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
yield; output; production
death from disease; death from illness
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
sorry; excuse me; thank you
storage room; storeroom; closet; grayish blue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
displeasure; offense; offence; disliking
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
Germanic (people, language, culture, etc.)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
prefectural office (of Osaka or Kyoto)
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
sovereignty; supremacy; dominion
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
brave woman; heroine; lady of character; Amazon
prefectural governor (of Osaka or Kyoto)
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
busy place; busy street; place that's always bustling with people; amusement quarters
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
playhouse; theatre; theater
fair; exhibition; exposition
continuing from beginning to end; continuous run; appetizer; starter; performance of an entire play
international exposition; world expo; world fair
to call in; to invite; to bring in
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time