plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
power; authority; jurisdiction
Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano
origin; fundamental element
cheap edition (of a book); popular edition
stock (from which a graft is taken)
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
smart; clever; agile; nimble; quick
oyaki; fried round wheat or buckwheat flour cake with various fillings; imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
privately printed book; private (press) edition
to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
distant country; heaven; hades
attentive; scrupulous; tactful; tasteful; smart
about here; in this neighborhood
policeman; cop; walking in a circle (dog trick); (arch.) rounds (doctor, police beat, etc.); (arch.) vegetables that accompany rice (secret language of court ladies)
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
visitor from afar; joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms
land reclamation (from sea)
oil lighter (for cigarettes); kerosene lighter
disaster countermeasures office (temporary structure in case of emergency); headquarters for disaster control; disaster response headquarters
to listen to in an ecstasy
quiver (of arrows; cylindrical)
Fire and Disaster Management Agency (formerly: Fire Defense Agency) (Defence)
new residential area; new residential development
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective