cram school; private tutoring school; juku
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tōhoku earthquake; Tohoku earthquake; Sendai earthquake
society; the world; the times
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
foreign; abroad; overseas
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
area struck (by some disaster); location of a disaster
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to hide; to keep to oneself
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
senior high school; high school
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
humanities; liberal arts; social science; literary course; department of literature
same kind; accomplices; companions
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer