hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
river management; river improvement; flood control
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
the last days; the final years; the last generation
industrial area; industrial district; industrial zone
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
imperial visit; imperial outing
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
in the prefecture; prefectural
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
one's registered domicile (as recorded in the family register); one's legal domicile (as opposed to where one lives)
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
being in school; being a student of
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
all sorts of; various; miscellaneous; motley
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
high tide; high water; climax; high point
injured person; wounded person; casualty
to be damaged; to receive damage
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man