these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
immediate follower (of the shogun)
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
godparent; first person to give something its name
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
incommunicative; taciturn
distinguished service; meritorious service
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
end of war; cessation of hostilities
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
Korean person residing in Japan (esp. North Korean)
scrap wood; waste wood; waste; waste material; scrap material
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
water damage; flood disaster
used paper; paper for recycling
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
trailer towed by bicycle, etc.
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
end of life; death; annihilation
falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
the (civil engineering and) construction industry
merit (esp. order of merit)
remains; corpse; (dead) body
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
civil engineering and construction; public works and construction