ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
student; student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging; houseboy (attending school or university)
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
to form a circle; to move in a circle; (lit.) to draw a circle
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
promenade; walk; path; trail; esplanade; mall
after that (a substantive change occurred)
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
almost not able (to do something)
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
to wring the neck; to strangle
elopement; running away with a lover
Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression
psychiatry; psychiatric department
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment
Washington, DC (United States); Washington (US state)
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)