as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
prefecture-by-prefecture map; atlas of Japan divided by prefecture; map of a single prefecture
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
new leaves; fresh verdure
technical college; higher schools and colleges
annual; yearly; year (e.g. of graduation); nth year (e.g. student); order by year
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
to enclose (a word, letter, symbol, etc.) with a circle
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
senior high school; high school
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
long (time that has passed); old (story)
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth); to clean out (ears)
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
surface of the earth; ground surface
reaching; attaining; arrival
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to work without sleep or rest