to fix (e.g. to a wall); to secure; to install; to plant
death rate; mortality rate
rising; ascending; climbing
bacterium; bacteria; germ
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
bald mountain; denuded mountain; bare hill; treeless hill
future; possible; potential; prospective
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
solution; solution strategy
high-grade charcoal produced from ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)
heating power; thermal power; firepower
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots
all over Japan; throughout Japan
commencing with; including
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
smuggling; contraband trade
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake
Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
two (long cylindrical things)
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
to be angular; to jut out; to be pointed; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
conclusion (completion) of negotiations
advance payment; money paid in advance
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary