you are only young once; youth doesn't come twice; gather ye rosebuds while ye may
to calm; to soothe; to quiet; to appease
each prefecture; all prefectures
escape route; evacuation route
traffic restrictions; traffic control
development (of land); preparation (e.g. of ground for housing); reclamation; creation
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
same quality; same nature; homogeneous
Saitama (city, prefecture)
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
dissection; autopsy; analysis
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
way out; means to escape; escape route
orders; instructions; directive; command
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
bunch of flowers; bouquet
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?