re-used wooden materials; recycled furnishings
member of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
to have a protruding chin; to have a turned-up chin
Greater China (incl. Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and sometimes Singapore)
at the meeting; on the occasion
employee posted away from their family
rifling marks on a fired bullet
wild uproar; pandemonium; clamor of voices; noisy; uproarious; clamorous
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
extremely bothersome; extremely tiresome; extremely troublesome; very tedious
Suica; rechargeable prepaid IC card used for travel and purchases
unable to finish (on time, etc.); unbearable; intolerable; beyond endurance
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
one's next three neighbors; one's next three neighbours
to be brief and to the point; to be succinct
Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
high-handed person; domineering person
burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses); sneak thief; prowler