to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
blueprint; cyanotype; blueprint (for the future); plan
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
making (information) into a database; creating a database (from information); entering into a database
feeling of disappointment; sense of dismay
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
burnt field; burnt area; land devastated by fire
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
to project; to show (on a screen); to portray; to depict; to reflect (the times, mood, etc.)
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
contrast; antithesis; comparison
region; limits; stage; level
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
clinic; medical office; infirmary
staying the night; lodging (at)
landowner; landlord; landlady
existence; being; life; survival
sour look; surly face; pout
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
both; both sides; both parties
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
Hakata (old but still commonly used name for Fukuoka)
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
just past noon; afternoon
quick; rapid; swift; satisfactory