regional revitalization; local revitalization
store buying and selling metal utensils and tools; hardware store; ironmonger's shop
yosakoi; dance originating in Kōchi Prefecture using naruko
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
paracentesis; centesis; puncture; tap
Japanese halfbeak (Hemiramphus sajori); stickleback
looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching; (public) attention; interest
revitalization of a town; town renewal (project)
raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki
came; went; were (somewhere); was (somewhere); were (doing); was (doing)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to put the scalpel to; to perform an operation on; to take drastic measures to get to the bottom of something; to make a searching inquiry; to put something under the microscope
cartilage; nankotsu; (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
Tochigi (city, prefecture)
carving; engraving; chiselled features
alternation of generations
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto)
detachment; coming off; peeling off; (flow) separation
seemingly good; (of) good appearance; looking good
(Russell) snowplow; track-clearing vehicle; carving a trail through deep snow (by foot when mountaineering)
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion