occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
this and that; one thing or another
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
cost of a ticket; price of a ticket
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
in terms of; from the point of view of
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
reception of a decoration; reception of an order
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
don't worry; there's no need to worry
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; (lit.) to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple
town girl; girl raised in a town
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
nothing but; none other than
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
in the same way as; just like
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something)