mountain range; mountain belt
soil amelioration; soil improvement
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
marshland; wetland; swampland
dispute over water rights; dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas)
men; manservant; male attendants to an actor
without permission; without notice
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
vocational school; technical school
final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal
humanities and sciences; social sciences and hard sciences; context; (line of) reasoning
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
history of Japan; Japanese history
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
commercial value; commodity value; marketability
making efficient; optimization
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
old age; old person; the old; the aged
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
wildness (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished
shadow figure; silhouette
change of title; retitling; changed title
writing something on commission; newly written text
Gifu prefecture (Chūbu area)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
educational institution; school; academy; campus
encouragement award; honorable mention (award); honourable mention
Kadokawa Shoten (publisher)
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
spring term (e.g. school); spring period
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)