low grade; vulgar; low class; cheap; low level
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
complete change; about-face
environment; circumstance
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
promotion; raising of status
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
very great; enormous; serious
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
but; however; provided that
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
than; other than; except; but
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
doing whatever one pleases
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
noisy; confused; uproarious
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
different opinion; objection
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to state; to express; to mention
to be able (to); to be possible (to)