traditional; from ancient times; formerly
tall building; high-rise building
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
decrepitude; senescence; superannuation
destruction; collapse; crumbling
special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness
grave maintenance; grave keeper
branch road; branch path; fork road
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
to trace back to (the origins of something)
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
president (of a society); chairman
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
chasm; interstice; crevice; vulva; slit; cunt
to be purplish; to be tinged purple