attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
Western wine and spirits; Western liquor
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
a sight for sore eyes; seeing something beautiful or precious
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
serious error; gross mistake
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
cram school; private tutoring school
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; tall building
burned down; entirely destroyed
underlying cause; indirect cause; remote cause
correct or incorrect; right or wrong; accuracy; correction (of errors)
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
half out of interest; mostly out of curiosity
satisfying; pleasing; gratifying
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
marshland; wetland; swampland
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
February; second month of the lunar calendar
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate