Tokyo Skytree; broadcasting tower with observation deck in Sumida ward, Tokyo, Japan
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
river management; river improvement; flood control
large number (of); many; majority
water damage; flood disaster
bank; weir; embankment; levee
to be too numerous; to be too much
disaster preparedness; prevention of damage resulting from a natural disaster; protection against disaster
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
Okayama prefecture (Chūgoku area)
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
quantity or volume of water
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
daimyo in the Warring States period
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)
dominion; territory; possession
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
moving (the capital) east
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction