division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
tall building; high-rise building
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
countermeasures headquarters; task force; countermeasures office; emergency headquarters
trial product; prototype model
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
in that way; like that; that way
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to feel relaxed; to be soothed
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)
financial page (of newspaper); financial aspects; economic front
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)
large number (of); many; majority
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
100,000; hundred thousand
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
railroad; railway; rail transport
overhead power line; aerial wiring; overhead line (for trains, trams, etc.); overheard wire
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
to need; to demand; to take; to require