implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
celebration; congratulations
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
Aomori (city, prefecture)
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
well-known only to those in the know; well-known but to the few; well-known to a connoisseur
Shikoku region (incl. Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime and Kochi prefectures)
Fukuoka Prefecture (Kyūshū)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
Izumo Grand Shrine (Shimane)
Japan's best; number one in Japan
ray (of light); beam; light
Miyazaki Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Kagawa Prefecture (Shikoku)
whaa whaa; sound of a baby crying
to cause laughter; to extract a smile
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
pocket tissue; small package of tissues