mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
residing; living; dwelling
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters
young CEO; young company president
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
long ago; once upon a time
cannibalism; anthropophagism
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)
beginning (of a century, etc.)
back country; remote countryside
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
in one's own way or style
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
port city; harbor city; harbour city
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
aphrodisiac; love potion; philter
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear