one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
classbook; yearbook; graduation album
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
coastal; seaside; oceanfront; maritime
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking; raising the ground level (with fill)
construction; establishment
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
No Entry!; no thoroughfare; passage prohibited; entry is prohibited
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
emergency staircase; emergency stairs
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade
one machine; one aircraft; one life
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
naked eye; the physical eye
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
survival; survivor; relic
(so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
tradition; legend; folklore
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
young person; youth; young
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
this (very thing); this precisely