defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
land readjustment; town planning
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
road approaching a shrine
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
weave; weaving; woven item
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper
burned down; entirely destroyed
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire
to spread; to be propagated
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
successively; one after another
sightseeing spot; tourist attraction
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
suspicion (of others); jealousy
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
first person to say something; first person to suggest something
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
concreteness; feasibility
isolation; being alone; being friendless
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
our gracious (e.g. Queen); honorific that attaches to name of a person or thing that has bestowed grace or favour upon you