regional revitalization; local revitalization
main or important road; influential or important position; the authorities
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
Japanese halfbeak (Hemiramphus sajori); stickleback
looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching; (public) attention; interest
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
supplementary classes or lectures
to two-time; to play it both ways; to sit on the fence
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
carving; engraving; chiselled features
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
Okayama (city, prefecture)
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
over-fond parent; doting parent
talk about divorce or separation
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
corridor; hallway; passageway
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
effect; result; worth; use; avail
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
vacant house; unoccupied house
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
first-aid; emergency (aid)