(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
administrative office; government agency
construction; architecture (of buildings)
going on the market; placing on the market
dwelling; house; residence; address
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
depression; lowlands; low ground; bottom land; plain
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
pasture; grassland; meadow
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
through a wall; on the other side of a wall
dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance
on the right as one faces (it)
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
production; output; turning out
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
import; importation; introduction; afferent
giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles
near; nearby; not far off
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
depravity; corruption; degradation
origin; beginning; source; rise