work; business; company; study
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
(navigable) canal; waterway
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
activity; briskness; prosperity
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
excessive; too much; unreasonable
to play a leading role; to play a central part
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
place; situation; position; location
agricultural community; farm village; rural
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
to be photographed; to be projected
even though; despite; when
industrialization; industrialisation; establishing a production system; putting something into production
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
electoral district; precinct
to state; to express; to mention
revision; amendment; alteration
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
landowner; landlord; landlady
blow; shock; strike; batting
common knowledge; well-known fact
industrial (manufacturing, factory) town or city
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
absorption; suction; attraction
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
human relations; personal relationships