town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
urban areas; the streets; town; city
dual structure; double structure
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
unsuccessful candidate; rejected person
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
smoothly; easily; readily
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
student (esp. a university student)
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained