skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
head; brains; intellect; understanding
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
witnessing; observing; sighting
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
even more; still more; further
locked-room murder (e.g. in murder mystery fiction)
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
error; mistake; slip; bug
rhyming game; play on words; pun
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
Yamataikoku; historical Japanese state thought to have existed during the late Yayoi period
unprecedented; record-breaking
reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
Nankaidō (alt. name for the Shikoku region)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time