shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions
chain; series; connection; linkage
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
itemized form; itemised form; itemization; itemisation
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
depending on the situation; depending on circumstances
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor
finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
experiment; experimentation
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
degenerate age; corrupt world; age of the decline of Buddhism; latter days of the law
(depending on) how; (depending on) what; nature (of); what is ...?; how is ...?; what will be ...?
vision (of the future); foresight; large display screen; imagination; insight; (sense of) sight
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
repetition; repeat; replication; recursion; iteration
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
allocation; assignment; allotment
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
number of characters; character count
meat dish; meat-based cuisine
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing