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
atrium; chamber of the heart
contrast medium; radiopaque substance
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
to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose
progressive (worsening disease or condition)
sphygmomanometer (instrument used to measure blood pressure)
free-flowing (hot spring, irrigation, etc.)
good-quality; superior in quality
child born to one's current wife
everywhere; wherever; nowhere (with neg. verb); nothing
meanwhile; in the meantime
to reminisce; to engage in a lively conversation; to discuss mutual interests
order's up; one order ready; coming up; problem solved; one down; all done
substantiality (of a meal); fillingness; solidity