center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
money comes and goes; money goes around and around
bipolar (in electronics); bi-polar
sukiya style of building; style of a tea-ceremony arbor (arbour)
to cleave; to saw through; to hack apart
accumulation; retention; collection; sequestration (as in carbon dioxide sequestration); storage (usually a liquid, e.g. rainwater, or behind a dam.)
weeping cherry (Prunus spachiana); shidare cherry
diamond dust; ice crystals
atrium; chamber of the heart
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
contrast medium; radiopaque substance
mizuchi; mythical dragon-like beast
bargain corner to sell off stock cheaply; cart sale
to fall in public esteem; to fall in value (stocks)
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
to draw off; to run out; to flush out